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Munger's Mill Dam Construction

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Description: Men working on the dam at Munger's Mill.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming. Men are working with cranes near a tent with a chimney spewing out smoke.
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Head Gate Retaining Walls

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Description: Retaining walls at the head gate of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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De Pere Lock on Fox River

Date: 1897
Description: De Pere lock on the Fox River with a construction crew at work. This is the only wooden lock on the Fox River.
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Arpin's Dam

Date: 05 05 1911
Description: Elevated view of construction on Arpin's dam. Men are working on the right. Caption reads: "Arpin's Dam at Radisson, Wis".
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Building a Dam

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of men in the midst of dam construction.
Poster

International Trucks Hoover Dam Poster

Date: 1931
Description: International poster featuring testimony from the builders of the Hoover Dam in their use of International trucks. The poster has two photographs of trucks...
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Sacking the Rapids

Date: 1890
Description: Log driving crew maneuvering logs through rapids below a dam, probably on the Wisconsin River.
Postcard

The Dells Dam on the Wolf River

Date: 10 02 1907
Description: Photographic postcard view looking up at twelve workers wearing hats posing on top of the Dells Dam on the Wolf River. Water is flowing through the dam at ...
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Men with International Trucks at Hoover Dam

Date: 1932
Description: Men stand along a riverbank as International trucks are used to haul loads from the cliffs during the construction of the Hoover Dam. An electric shovel is...
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International Trucks Constructing Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Men use International trucks to loads from the cliffs during the construction of the Hoover Dam. One of the men is smoking a cigarette. Two shovels are wor...
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International Trucks at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Two International trucks drive up a dirt road during the construction of the Hoover Dam.
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International Truck With Shovel at Hoover Dam Site

Date: 1931
Description: An International truck waits to be loaded with boulders blasted from the walls of Black Canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam. The Colorado Rive...
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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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Riverside Crew

Date: 1958
Description: A riverside crew is alerted of a payhauler's descent during construction on the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.
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Dam Construction

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Description: View from railroad tracks towards industrial activity on the edge of the river, possibly building a dam.
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Dam in Wausau

Date: 1913
Description: View down riverbank towards dam of a river around Wausau. Two men and a limber (two-wheeled cart) are near the rivers edge. A man, perhaps a construction w...
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Hatfield Dam Construction

Date: 1907
Description: Slightly elevated view of men working on the construction of a dam across a river. Identified as the construction of the Hatfield Dam in 1907.
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Hatfield Dam Construction

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior portrait of the construction site of a dam on a river. Identified as the construction of the Hatfield dam in 1907.
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Hatfield Dam Construction

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior portrait of the construction site of a dam on a river. Identified as the construction of the Hatfield dam in 1907.

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