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La Crosse Railroad Bridge

Date: 1880
Description: Construction of a railroad bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line. A set of railroad tracks is in the foreground, running along the s...
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Machinery at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 08 11 1910
Description: The first machinery at work sounding at the site for the power dam. Workmen are posing near the carriage-mounted equipment. A horse-drawn wagon is in the ...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane Constructing a Bridge

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane involved with the construction of a bridge. There is a sign on the crane that reads "The Milw...
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Ramsay & Jones Mill Yard

Date: 1887
Description: Mill workers in the yard at Ramsay & Jones Mill.
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Unloading Coal #933

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Description: Stereograph of two workers placing barrels of coal onto wheelbarrows to unload off a ship. Text at right: "Milwaukee and Vicinity, Photographed by H.H. Ben...
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Man with Mower in Farmyard

Date: 1900
Description: Man with horse-drawn mower in yard of farm. There is a horse-drawn carriage on the drive in front of the large farmhouse.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill towards man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. In front of the binder is a man in a horse-drawn carriage. In the background is...

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