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Man Standing between Automobile and Steam Shovel

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Description: A man wearing a suit and a hat stands on a mound of dirt in a road with an automobile on his left and a steam shovel on his right. The steam shovel has a s...
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Men at Construction Site

Date: 04 05 1927
Description: Men stand near an excavator or steam shovel as it loads an International dump truck at a construction site. The site is surrounded with multi-storied build...
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Cahoon Mine

Date: 10 19 1925
Description: A workman smokes a cigarette in the foreground as a steam shovel loads iron ore at the Cahoon Mine.
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Cornwall Ore Banks

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Description: Cornwall Ore Banks includes one of the greatest iron mines in the world and it has been mined for more than two centuries. A steam shovel is shown loading ...
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Steam Shovel

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Description: Elevated view of a steam shovel scooping iron ore into cars at, the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, the world's largest open pit iron ore mine.
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Iron Ore Mining

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Description: A Marion Shovel, Model 300, produced by the Winston-Dear Company, likely in Marion, Ohio, is put to use at the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, in Hibbing, Minneso...
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Work Horses and Wagons at Construction Site

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of several teams of work horses pulling Old Dominion wagons loaded with dirt at a rural construction site. There is a steam shovel working at...
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International Truck at Hoover Dam

Date: 1931
Description: Men drive an International truck up a dirt road along the Colorado River during the construction of the Hoover Dam in Black Canyon. There is a steam, or po...
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Pine Bluff Observatory Site

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Bulldozers and steam shovels prepare the site for the future University of Wisconsin Observatory site near Pine Bluff.
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Man Standing on a W & M Steam Shovel

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Description: A man stands on a W & M railroad car known as a steam shovel.
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Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

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Description: View of a construction site, with a ditch in the foreground. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Black...
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Steam Shovel Cutting German Hill

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a steam shovel working on a hill by a railway and water tank. Location identified as the cutting down of German Hill for fill to reconstruct t...
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Trucks at Construction Site

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: View looking down at men standing with trucks near a steam shovel working near a rock face.
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Construction Site in City

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: View along street towards pedestrians on the left. On the right, below street level, are construction workers standing below street level near trucks and a...
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Construction Site

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: Elevated view looking down at men driving dump trucks and operating a steam shovel and a crane below ground level at a construction site. On the opposite s...
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Industrial Tractors

Date: 07 25 1927
Description: Men driving tractors pulling trailers, which are being loaded from a hopper at a granite quarry or mine. On the far right is a steam shovel.
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Earthmovers

Date: 06 02 1927
Description: Men working outdoors in a rocky area, perhaps a quarry. One man is operating a steam shovel.
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Earthmover Used in Road Repair

Date: 09 22 1927
Description: View down road towards a man using an earthmover for road repair. There is a truck parked on the roadside on the left, and a stack of pipes is near the roa...
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Man Operating Earthmover for Road Repair

Date: 09 22 1927
Description: In the foreground a man is working near a row of pipes. Behind him a man is operating an earthmover.
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Earthmover Used in Road Repair

Date: 09 22 1927
Description: View down road towards a man using an earthmover for road repair. There is a truck parked on the roadside on the left, and a stack of pipes is near the roa...

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