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| Date: | 04 1893 |
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| Description: | Launching Captain Abe McDougall's whaleback boat, "Christopher Columbus", from the American Steel Barge Company dock. |
| Date: | 09 19 1892 |
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| Description: | Captain Alexander McDougall's whaleback passenger steamer "Christopher Columbus" under construction in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company in ... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Text at bottom reads: "McDougal [sic] Whaleback. [manufactured at] West Superior, Wis." The steamer is under construction in the American Steel Barge Compa... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Whaleback steamer under construction in the American Steel Barge Company shipyard in Superior, Wisconsin. Text at bottom of card reads: "McDougall Passenge... |
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| Description: | The Peter Grignon Shipyard next to the Marine Iron Company. |
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| Description: | The American Shipbuilding Company yard in winter with ships and a derrick in the center of the image. |
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| Description: | Colorized image of the frame of a large boat being built at the shipyards in Superior. |
| Date: | 09 14 1967 |
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| Description: | Double reduction reverse gear that was later purchased by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Falk caption reads: "Photos taken for possible use as glam... |
| Date: | 06 16 1969 |
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| Description: | Paper mill debarker drum that was purchased and used by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company. Man in photograph is unidentified. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder bridges trolley hoists used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane and the banner on... |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger double-runway lattice girder cranes used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane and the banner on the cr... |
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| Description: | Four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder cranes used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane, and the banner on the crane read... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder bridges trolley hoists used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane ... |
| Date: | 01 10 1942 |
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| Description: | S.S. Robert M. La Follette splashing into the Industrial Canal at its launch. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | USS Wisconsin in drydock during construction. Men are working at the base of the ship. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | USS Wisconsin in drydock during construction. A group of men are standing on scaffolding at the base of the ship. |
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| Description: | View of a steamer ship in a dry dock location. Painted sign on the side of the dry dock reads: "L.A. Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Dry Dock Lifting Capacit... |
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| Description: | A crane lowers a beam onto the frame of a boat. Workers can be seen standing along the top of the vessel and scaling a ladder. Construction equipment and m... |
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