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| Date: | 05 04 1929 |
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| Description: | Carl E. & Paul G. Roth gravel pit with conveying equipment. |
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| Description: | Members of the First Unitarian Society loading stones at a quarry to be used in the construction of the Meeting House. The building was designed by Frank L... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view, looking eastward from a point several miles outside the southwestern limits of Madison in the direction of Verona. Crossing the image diagonal... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger crane design with cab-operated dial controls. The stencil on the crane says "Pawling and Harnischfeger ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An International truck owned by the Vowell Material Company parked in a road. There are buildings and rocky terrain in the background. The original caption... |
| Date: | 10 12 1938 |
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| Description: | Men work with a Universal crusher, used to crush 400 yards of gravel in 8 hours. The crusher was powered by an International PA-100 power unit owned by E.F... |
| Date: | 01 11 1938 |
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| Description: | Simmons stone crusher powered by an International power unit at a State Highway Commission stone quarry. |
| Date: | 12 22 1937 |
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| Description: | Brookville locomotive pulling dump cars in a rock quarry owned by General Refractories Company. Two men can be seen sitting inside through the front window... |
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| Description: | The American Lime and Stone Company, Plant Number One. It was founded in 1901. Caption reads: "No. 1 Plant of the Famous Lime Industries, Bellefonte, PA." |
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| Description: | View of a stone crushing facility owned by the Anna Stone Company and established in 1855 by E.H. Finch and Cyrus Schick. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Two International HS-54 dump-trucks loaded with gravel. Original caption reads: "Model HS 54 Cylinder, 148" wheelbase, mounted on 36x8 front and 56x8 dual ... |
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| Description: | Ladders extend into the quarry at Wisconsin Granite Company, and factory buildings and towers can be seen above. Three men stand near a railroad car at the... |
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| Description: | View of the Fox River. Small boats are docked along the left bank where factory buildings stand. The facade features advertisements for Wrigley's Spearmint... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Montello, county seat of Marquette County. The granite quarry, woolen mill, and planing mill are clearly identified. A steamboat on Buf... |
| Date: | 03 22 1925 |
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| Description: | Men fill the bed of a Model 103 International truck with cinders from a chute at the Solway Process Company plant. |
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| Description: | View of the docks at Rockport Granite Company, operating from 1864-1927. A sailing ship can be seen in the water near industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stone crusher. There is a large group of workmen posing along the work site. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Color photo of workers cutting blocks of limestone in a quarry. There are what appear to be moveable platforms on tracks at the bottom of the face of the a... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a truck with a trailer containing blocks of stone parked in front of Moon Freight Lines, Inc. The truck is a red International Harvester C... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | This map shows the movement of stone to cities along the Great Lakes. Portions of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New York, ... |
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