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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist

Date: 1912
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist with lumber handling unit operated by a man. There is a small shed in the background. The I-beam is stamped "P...
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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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P&H Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling Unit

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist with lumber unit. The sign on the cab reads "Pawling & Harnischfeger Co., Milwaukee, Wis." and there is a man in the...
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane in Lumber Storage Area

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane in a lumber storage area at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The sign on the crane reads "The Mi...
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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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Feed Mill at Night

Date: 08 18 1961
Description: A nighttime view of a feed mill and storage area.
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Milwaukee Fishing Boat

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of a boat owned by Julius Dettloff docked along the edge of a river. The boat was powered by an International PD-40 power unit; in the backgr...
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Power Unit Delivery Truck

Date: 06 21 1938
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International D-15 truck owned by Western Engine Company and used to make deliveries of power units. The photograph is t...
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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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Railroad Yard

Date: 05 18 1963
Description: View across a railroad yard with several railroad cars and four storage tanks in the background.
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Factory Storage Room at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Factory storage room, probably at the McCormick Works, filled with farm implement components.
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Storage Tanks

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Description: Five large cylindrical tanks. Trees and an industrial metal building are in the background.
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Nutrena Feeds Factory

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Description: Elevated view over a freight train of the Nutrena Feeds factory.
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Reedsburg Locker Service

Date: 10 1980
Description: Reedsburg Locker Service, Vine Street.
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Evans Public Storage

Date: 10 1980
Description: Evans Public Storage Warehouse, South Front Street.
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Vault Entrance

Date: 1922
Description: View of the entrance to the vault at the First National Bank.
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Bank Vault

Date: 1922
Description: A view of the cash and safety deposit vaults in the First National Bank.
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Storing Sisal Fiber

Date: 07 28 1910
Description: Men use a pulley to raise bales of sisal from the ground of a warehouse to the top of a pile of stacked bales. Others use dollies to wheel in additional ba...
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McCormick Reaper Delivery

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers are guiding a crated McCormick reaper on pulley ropes through an opening in the floor, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works. The text ...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Cold Storage Room

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Description: CEO Joe Widmer stand in the 40-degree cold storage room where Widmer's ages their award winning Cheddar, Brick, and Colby Cheese.

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