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| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Chippewa Falls. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View looking down railroad tracks towards the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad locomotive #240, a type 4-4-0. On the right is a steep, rocky bank, ... |
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| Description: | Group of men repairing railroad track near Racine. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the John Gund Brewing Company buildings, with the Mississippi River in the background. Caption reads: "John Gund Brewing Co., La Crosse, W... |
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| Description: | View across road toward buildings, including a water tower. Caption reads: "Frog Shop, Tomah, Wis." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Wisconsin Central Railway's Waukesha back shop. The elevated view is from the office of the superintendent. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered crane mounted on a 5-ton standard flatbed railroad car with a grab bucket. A man is standing on the ground on rail... |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane involved with the construction of the Long Island Railroad. There is a sign on the crane that... |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane unloading railroad cars at the Fisher Body Co. There is a sign that reads "The Milwaukee Cran... |
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| Description: | Two men loading boxes of batteries onto railroad cars with a conveyor belt. French Battery later became Ray-O-Vac Corporation. |
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| Description: | View of Rock Island Pond, with a telephone pole in the foreground, and railroad tracks leading off into the distance. In the distance is a farm or manufact... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Washington Bridge, crossing over numerous railroad tracks. In the foreground is a train engine, dwellings, and a dilapidated brick str... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Edison Portland Cement Company, founded by Thomas A. Edison in 1902. The company introduced the use of long kilns. Caption reads: "Plant... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Massillon Iron and Steel Works, which rolled its first sheet of steel in 1909. Caption reads: "Massillon Iron & Steel Co., Massillon, Ohio... |
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| Description: | Ladders extend into the quarry at Wisconsin Granite Company, and factory buildings and towers can be seen above. Three men stand near a railroad car at the... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of town buildings as seen from Bancroft Tower. A body of water and what appears to be an industrial plant are in the foreground. |
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| Description: | View of a work engine and crew at a steel mill. Published by Arbiter Bros. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of rows of railroad cars can be seen lined up on the tracks outside Minot Flour Mill Company, founded in 1903. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a series of three rows of large buildings, possibly used to store supplies. There are railroad tracks alongside each of the buildings. Sno... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an Allied compound in northern Russia. There are a series of railroad tracks that are leading away from the coast. In the far distance are... |
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