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| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | The screw bulk freighter, Wilfred Sykes at L.S. and I. Ore Dock in Marquette, Michigan about 1960. Lake shore and trees are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Aerial view with docks in the foreground. Caption reads: "Superior, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 11 21 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view within the coffer dam showing four steel draft tubes; wooden supports are visible inside one of the tubes. |
| Date: | 06 20 1966 |
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| Description: | Falk caption reads, "A series of photos showing delivery of the first shipment of Radicon units direct from England to the port of Milwaukee. The series EG... |
| Date: | 07 18 1966 |
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| Description: | Propeller of the S.S. Santa Cruz. Falk caption reads, "Photos taken for reference in study of propeller reversing characteristics for SUN Marine red... |
| Date: | 08 24 1971 |
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| Description: | Tramway that was used by O.D. Hopkins Association Incorporated of Contoocook, New Hampshire. Falk caption reads, "Tramway (Skylark- customers, Sky Glider) ... |
| Date: | 06 06 1977 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a kiln drive that was purchased and used by Dravo Line. Original Falk caption reads, "Color view of May 1977 Pit and Quarry. Photos sent t... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee works. Long steel mill located on the bank of either a lake or a river. Multitudes of smokestacks, tracks, and small buildings. |
| Date: | 05 06 1894 |
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| Description: | View from the Monongahela River of the Edgar W. Thompson steel works. An oar from Thwaites' boat is visible in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works, with a river and Lake Michigan in the background. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works (factory). |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an iron ore ship unloading. Several workers are on board the ship. Caption reads: "Unloading Iron Ore At Sparrows Point, MD." |
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| Description: | Erected next to the Cornwall Ore Banks by R.W. Coleman's Heirs and Company, construction of the first of the Bird Coleman furnaces began in 1872, the secon... |
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| Description: | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, in operation from 1857–2003, was once the second-largest steel producer in the United States. |
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| Description: | In 1897, Shenango Mill was constructed and became the largest mill of its kind in the world, owned by the American Tin Plate Company, which was founded on ... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Sanborn Map of the Illinois Steel Co. Bay View Works in Milwaukee. |
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| Description: | View of Rock River from bridge, featuring Beloit Iron Works factory on the left shoreline. Caption reads: "Rock River from Central Bridge, Beloit, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of three factories; Upper Woolen Mill, Empire Rolling Mill, and Mallable Iron Co. Caption reads: "Some of the Manufacturing Industries of Beaver Dam." |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the iron works and river. There is another factory on the opposite side of the river behind the trees on the right. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A detail of a Sanborn map showing the lake Mendota shore area, including Madison Manufacturing Company. |
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