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| Date: | 09 04 1958 |
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| Description: | Dedication of Wisconsin's first expressway, a seven-mile stretch of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Presiding at the ribbon-cutting ... |
| Date: | 10 1959 |
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| Description: | Moving a very large boulder with a bulldozer during construction of Highway 94 in Waukesha County. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Man working on a suburban road with an International ID-6 and attached loader. The loader was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Mineral Point showing State Highway 23-39 under construction. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of Mineral Point showing the construction of State Highway 23-39. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Interstate construction at the Colley Road and I-90 overpass in Rock County. The contractor is Shappert Engineering Company. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | An employee of the Fox Valley Paving Company pulls the pin from the concrete form during work on Interstate Highway I-90 in Rock County. |
| Date: | 06 14 1951 |
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| Description: | Crushing gravel to surface STH 101 in Florence County. |
| Date: | 07 25 1950 |
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| Description: | Road crew applying a product known as RCS3 Bitumen, a particular type of asphalt, to seal the surface of STH 47 in Langlade County. |
| Date: | 10 1959 |
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| Description: | Construction of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County using an earthmover manufactured by Allis Chalmers. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Looking northeast, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue at its intersection with 503 Regent Street. At the left is the Hoffman F... |
| Date: | 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Construction equipment and view of new bridge under construction. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | View towards of men using an M-61 to spread asphalt at Wolters Air Force Base. A building, possibly a church or chapel, stands in the background along the ... |
| Date: | 09 04 1953 |
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| Description: | North Shore Drive (formerly Law Parkway) is open to traffic all the way from East Wilson Street to Proudfit Street, Brittingham Park Drive and West Washing... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Advertising postcard featuring a color illustration of an International A-180 truck. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | A Lindekugel portable gravel crusher works to build a highway. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Trucks and equipment from G.H. Lindekugel & Sons work to construct a highway. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | International trucks parked near a bridge construction site. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View looking down at a man using a TD-18 to build roads along a cliff. Subject: "TD-18A — Mines." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "O... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving a TD-18 crawler tractor. Subject: "TD-18 — Road Maintenance." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photo... |
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