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| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Chicago fire of October 8, 1871. The hand-colored lithograph was published by Currier and Ives. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Four men inspecting the washout of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie tracks caused by a flood at Medina Junction. The view is looking west from th... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | The maple and hickory forests in the old northwest were often plagued with fires during the summer months. Hölzlhuber, on a return journey from Niagara Fal... |
| Date: | 10 07 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the rising waters of the Wisconsin River at the construction site. This view shows the coffer dam, pile drivers, and narrow gauge railroad... |
| Date: | 10 11 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of high water on the Wisconsin River which has inundated the coffer dam at the construction site. The narrow gauge railroad (curved line in f... |
| Date: | 01 11 1948 |
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| Description: | The remains of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arlington in Columbia Cou... |
| Date: | 04 15 1925 |
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| Description: | Men working on relief tractors on a flatbed railroad car for delivery to "tri-state tornado" victims. |
| Date: | 06 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of New Richmond after the tornado hit on June 12, 1899. Many people are gathered around the railroad tracks and a few others are seen among t... |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | A man stops his automobile at a railroad crossing while waiting for the train to cross a paved road. The traffic sign to the right of the car reads: "Railr... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | General Hood ordered a train full of gunpowder set on fire so that the Union Army couldn't use it, resulting in a series of explosions Plate 44 |
| Date: | 03 1928 |
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| Description: | Power lines along both sides of railroad tracks running through a rural area. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Collage depicting multiple McCormick buildings reconstructed or built after the Chicago Fire. The caption at bottom reads, "Rebuilt Chicago. — Buildings Er... |
| Date: | 02 06 1963 |
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| Description: | $25,000 estimated damage was caused when a semi-trailer loaded with Mercedes-Benz engines crashed into a railroad viaduct on Troy Drive near School Road. T... |
| Date: | 08 01 1957 |
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| Description: | North Western Railroad employees attempt to demolish a concrete coal chute at the railroad's East Side yard at Commercial and Sherman Avenues. Groups of me... |
| Date: | 08 01 1957 |
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| Description: | North Western Railroad employees attempt to demolish a concrete coal chute at the railroad's East Side yard at Commercial and Sherman Avenue. The first att... |
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