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Union Transfer Fireproof Storage and other Businesses

Date: 09 17 1931
Description: View down East Wilson Street from the corner of King Street. The Union Transfer Building is on the right hand side at 155-303 East Wilson Street, Rubin's F...
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Fauerbach Brewing Co. Buildings

Date: 04 01 1938
Description: Two men standing against a wall, behind the Fauerbach Brewing Co. Railroad tracks are in the foreground, and Lake Monona is in the background.
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Kroger Warehouse Railroad Siding and Loading Dock

Date: 08 07 1934
Description: Kroger Grocery and Baking Company produce warehouse, 634 West Washington Avenue, view of the railroad siding and loading dock.
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Texaco Bulk Station

Date: 07 11 1930
Description: View of a Texaco bulk station and storage tanks from across the railroad tracks at 919 E. Main Street.
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Construction of Pyrofax Plant

Date: 10 09 1929
Description: A Chicago & North Western Railroad Bucyrus crane installing a large tank at a Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Company Pyrofax plant, at 130 Fair Oaks Avenue.
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The Texas Company U.S.A.

Date: 08 06 1929
Description: Texas Company U.S.A. (Texaco) office building and storage tanks bulk plant, 919 E. Main Street. Text on print reads: "Texas Company, Capitol Oil Co."
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Capitol Oil Company

Date: 04 03 1929
Description: A railroad tanker car is sitting on tracks next to fuel storage tanks at the Capitol Oil Company, 919 East Main Street.
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Rocket Oil Company Fuel Storage Tanks

Date: 10 10 1946
Description: Rocket Oil Company fuel storage tanks at the bulk plant at 204 South Paterson Street. In the foreground is a man on a modern Rocket Oil company truck fill...
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Lumberyard at Chatham Works

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the lumberyard at International Harvester's Chatham Works in Canada. Railroad tracks are leading to the storage facilities are in the fore...
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P&H Exterior Type "AN" Hoist with Grab Bucket

Date: 1914
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger type "AN" hoist with a grab bucket and an enclosed trolley over railroad tracks with a train car underneath it. The crane is stam...
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane with Dual Hooks

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Description: A Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane with dual hooks, one standard, and the other a magnetic unit, used for unloading train cars...
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Storage Building

Date: 05 05 1962
Description: Exterior view of a storage building with warped metal siding.
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Marty's Warehouse

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Description: View of Marty's Warehouse from across railroad tracks. The warehouse building has large signs of painted lettering advertising the storage facilities. Rail...
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Elva Grain Elevator

Date: 03 2014
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a large grain elevator. Railroad tracks run diagonally in the foreground. Three arched storage sheds spaced slightl...

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