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| 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: | A man is standing in front of huge blocks of ice at the American Shipbuilding Company. The ship "War Otter" is in the background. A large chunk of ice tied... |
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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: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Captian Alex McDougall's passenger whaleback steamer the "Christopher Columbus" being built in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Text at bottom reads: Ship Yards — McDougall Whaleback. West Superior, Wis." Whaleback steamer in the shipyards of the American Steel Barge Company. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Text at bottom reads: Ship Yards — McDougall Whaleback. West Superior, Wis." Captain Alex McDougall's whaleback steamer in the shipyard of the American Ste... |
| Date: | 07 15 1911 |
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| Description: | The S.S. Harvester on the building ways before launching. The ship was built for the Wisconsin Steel Company, a subsidiary of International Harveste... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The USS Illinois in the largest floating dry dock in the world at the time, surrounded by rowboats in the foreground. The battleship was built at Ne... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the shipyards with the Badger State cement plant in background. |
| Date: | 07 08 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the ship the Charles C. West splashing into the Manitowoc River with a large crowd gathered to watch. |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hardhat stands on scaffolding at the stern of a ship under construction. Beams and other shipbuilding material can be seen scattered around... |
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| Description: | Two men stand on scaffolding as they work on the construction of the bow of a ship. Another man stands on the ground nearby. A crane is visible in the back... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View over pier made of pilings towards a floating drydock, now embedded in the ice, near Solombola, Russia. There are tall buildings behind it on the oppos... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view showing shipyards, rivers and roads. |
| Date: | 01 08 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over icy water towards ships in the shipyard on the left, and the cement company in the background. Cranes and industrial buildings are in th... |
| Date: | 09 09 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the sideways launching of Hull 418, the Detroit Edison at Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc. A group of people are gathered at the wharf ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | The five Dionne quintuplet girls, their sister and parents standing at the end of the observation car occupied by the Dionne party. They were in Superior t... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the shipyards from across the river. Railroad tracks are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Shipyards at Manitowoc, Wis." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the shipyard along the Manitowoc River. Three ships are in the river. Caption reads: "Ship Yards, Manitowoc, Wis." |
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