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| Date: | 04 14 1911 |
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| Description: | Completed two-story wood frame main office building at the site of the Wisconsin River dam. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of dormitories under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Men are working in different areas on the site. Lake Mendota... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit preparing to load lumber onto a boat in what is possibly Pensacola, Florida. Two m... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Irrigation ditch with a silo and farm buildings in the background. Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Silo Special Trip; irrigation ditch, Mrs. Carolin... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Water pouring through a dam into a reservoir. Two workers are on top of a platform over the dam. |
| Date: | 03 1932 |
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| Description: | Two International trucks exit a tunnel on a dirt road leading through a canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam. Two men stand on the top of a squ... |
| Date: | 10 1927 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of construction of the New Free bridge. Men work on and below the wooden bridge, which is partially constructed. A crane is on the bri... |
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| Description: | A river navigation light on the Mississippi River. People were paid to keep them lit so the steam boats could operate at night. Bearded man sitting at bas... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| 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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| Description: | Elevated view of a construction site. There are two men standing on a dirt road, looking down at other men down below them working around a brick wall. A w... |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of men posing on horse-drawn wagons parked in front of the Conklin Ice House. In the background on the right is Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View from hill looking towards three men on the roof while building The Retreat. There is a tall ladder against a tree on the right. Archibald Lake is in ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Power House at the Dam." Elevated view of the powerhouse, which is a very large brick and concrete structure next to the Prairie du S... |
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