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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist on Loading Dock

Date: 1913
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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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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Mill Dam

Date: 1931
Description: Water pouring through a dam into a reservoir. Two workers are on top of a platform over the dam.
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Trucks at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
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...
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New Bridge Across the Wisconsin River

Date: 10 1927
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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Dam in Wausau

Date: 1913
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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Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

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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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Conklin Ice House

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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.

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