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| Date: | 07 02 1930 |
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| Description: | State Office Building, Wilson Street, construction showing concrete mixer, workers, and a Castle & Doyle truck dumping. |
| Date: | 09 1954 |
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| Description: | City Hall on the corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue, in the course of demolition. |
| Date: | 09 1954 |
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| Description: | A crane is used in the demolition of City Hall on the corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of west side of N. Water Street between E. Buffalo and E. Chicago Streets, featuring the Joys Building, with a contruction area in foreground... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Library under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is the State Historical Society, and Science Hall is in the upp... |
| Date: | 07 19 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Pawling & Harnischfeger 25-ton type "N" bridge with a 5-ton type "A" trolley and a standard bottom block, equipped for exterior use. There... |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger double-runway lattice girder cranes used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane and the banner on the cr... |
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| Description: | Four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder cranes used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane, and the banner on the crane read... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder bridges trolley hoists used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane ... |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company half ton single leg gantry crane in a steel operation. There is a driver in a truck beneath the crane, and... |
| Date: | 09 22 1997 |
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| Description: | "Heavy-duty moving equipment from Michels Pipeline of Brownsville helped to move derailed cars back onto the tracks. Within 27 hours, all cars were righted... |
| Date: | 09 1994 |
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| Description: | Crowd looks on as crew demolishes building across street. |
| Date: | 06 1985 |
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| Description: | View from East Mifflin Street and the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue towards Manchester's Department Store. The razing of the building is about one fourt... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View from street of men working on a Works Progress Administration project. A group of men are standing and holding a beam upright in a trench, with a chai... |
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| Description: | Elevated view (possibly) from a room through the window of the UW-Extension building on Lake Street, looking towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Orphe... |
| Date: | 08 31 1927 |
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| Description: | View of a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked on a cobblestone street. In the background is a building under construction. The signs painted... |
| Date: | 07 12 1928 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a man using a hoist to mount street lights a near an intersection in a city. Men are standing on the sidewalk watching the insta... |
| Date: | 08 11 2020 |
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| Description: | A man is standing on top of a trailer loading a large statue of a Native American man attached to a crane. |
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