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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Men Standing on Railroad Car

Date: 04 1911
Description: Group of men standing on and beside a rail car in front of the main construction office at the site of the Wisconsin River dam.
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Engine No. 489

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 489. Five railroad employees stand in front of the locomotive.
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The Railroad Section Gang

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Description: Five men known as the Railroad Section Gang pose together on a handcar on railroad tracks. They traveled on handcars and repaired tracks. Standing second f...
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Ridgewood Depot

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Description: View down railroad platform of crowd of people waiting at the Ridgewood Depot, built in 1916 by architects W.W. Drinker and Frank A. Howard.

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