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La Follette and Railroad Group

Date: 12 22 1930
Description: Phil La Follette confers with rail chiefs. Front row (left-right): F.B. Seymour, Green Bay and Western, Philip F. La Follette, Governor-elect, Fred W. Sarg...
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Locomotive and Crew

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Description: Locomotive and railroad crew.
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CM&StP Railroad Locomotive

Date: 1903
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive #1100, a class I engine, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1873 and originally numbered #199. Th...
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Tunnel at Tunnel City

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a group of construction workers posed near the east portal of the railroad tunnel near Tunnel City.
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Railroad Shops Under Construction

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Description: Shops under construction for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha railroad lines. Men are working with a horse-drawn wagon in the right foreground...
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Railroad Trestle at Dam Construction

Date: 08 15 1911
Description: Dam site on the Wisconsin river, looking southwest along the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. The coffer dam and two pile drivers are also visible...
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Beginning of High Water at Power Dam

Date: 10 07 1911
Description: Elevated view of the rising waters of the Wisconsin River at the construction site. This view shows the coffer dam, pile drivers, and narrow gauge railroad...
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High Water at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 10 11 1911
Description: Elevated view of high water on the Wisconsin River which has inundated the coffer dam at the construction site. The narrow gauge railroad (curved line in f...
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Men at the Crossing Store

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Description: Men walking near the railroad Crossing Store. Above the store is a bridge providing a walkway over the railroad tracks.
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane Constructing the L.I.R.R.

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane involved with the construction of the Long Island Railroad. There is a sign on the crane that...
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane with Auxiliary Hoist

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane unloading railroad cars at the Fisher Body Co. There is a sign that reads "The Milwaukee Cran...
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Rock Island Lines Railroad Truck

Date: 12 16 1936
Description: A man places a bag onto the bed of an International C-1 truck owned by the Chicago Rock Island Railroad. The truck is marked with the text "No.9" and "Wate...
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Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad Yard

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the railroad shipping yards of the Idaho and Washington Northern Railway. Included in the image are numerous buildings, workers, trees, an...
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Oxen Pulling a Wagon Filled with Logs

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Description: A team of eight oxen pulling a wagon filled with logs. One man is standing by the side of the oxen, while three other men wearing large hats and an African...
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McCormick Reaper Works Factory

Date: 1900
Description: View across canal of the McCormick Reaper Works factory, rail yard, and surrounding buildings. Men in the foreground are stacking piles of lumber. After 19...
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VIew from B. & O. Station

Date: 1925
Description: View from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, established in 1830. The city's dwellings and establishments can be seen on a hillside from the railroa...
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Buckstaff-Edwards Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Buckstaff-Edwards Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, manufacturers of coffins and caskets and wholesale dealers in caskets and undertaking supp...
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Round House

Date: 1924
Description: View down side of railroad tracks of two trains entering a Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse. A man in overalls stands near the tracks.
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Laying 90 # Rail — Near Cassville, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of men working on the railroad near a farm field.
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C.B. and Q. R.R. Stone Crusher

Date: 1900
Description: The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stone crusher. There is a large group of workmen posing along the work site.

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