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Wisconsin State Capitol Dome under Construction

Date: 10 1869
Description: The second Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction, showing the workmen and the equipment they used to hoist construction materials into place.
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Wisconsin Central Pile Driver Car

Date: 1907
Description: Wisconsin Central locomotive No #50 and pile driver No #2 working near Owen. Men stand on and around the tracks.
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Railroad Bridge Construction

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Description: Railroad bridge construction at an unknown location somewhere on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line. There is a church in the background on...
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Workers at Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: View from below looking up towards workers constructing and reinforcing the forms for the footings of the interstate highway bridge at Mirror Lake.
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Kewaunee County Road Crew

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Description: Kewaunee County road crew.
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Building I-94 with Earthmover

Date: 10 1959
Description: Construction of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County using an earthmover manufactured by Allis Chalmers.
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Pontoon Railway Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of the pontoon bridge construction. People are standing on and near the railroad tracks in the foreground.
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Memorial Library under Construction

Date: 1950
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...
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Resurfacing Roxboro Road

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Description: View toward seven men resurfacing a section of Roxboro Road. There is a steam roller in the foreground.
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Roxboro Road

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Description: A view of men grating the new surface of Roxboro Road, a section of the U.S. Highway. In the background is a steamroller.
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Dredge Winneconne

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Description: View across water of the dredge "Winneconne" on the Fox River canal. Although undated the photograph was probably taken during the 1940s. The "Winneconne"...
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Construction of a Paper Mill

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Description: Elevated view of workers during construction of a paper mill.
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Field Preparation for Cranberry Marsh

Date: 08 08 1922
Description: A man is sitting on the back of a Kissel truck using machinery to dredge a field. The field was being cleared in order to prepare it for use as a cranberry...
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Construction Crew on Silo

Date: 1940
Description: Construction crew on Kastenmeier farm. They are standing at the top of a silo they are building. A barn is on the left and a shed is on the right. Names fr...
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Carl Stargardt Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Carl Stargardt, bridge contractor in Athens, Wisconsin, with two-color illustrations in brown and green inks of an automobile heading toward ...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey at the 9/11 Ground Zero site viewing the damage to the World Trade Center. Behind Obey is the World Financial Center co...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, wearing a blue shirt, is standing in the foreground. Behind him, also in a blue shirt, is Florida Congressman Bill You...
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Grading the Road

Date: 1931
Description: Men using horse-drawn and gasoline powered road equipment work on Highway 80 near Rockbridge. A wooded bluff rises steeply behind a farmhouse. Barns, a sil...
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Construction Crew

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Description: The "O'Dea and Shafer, Engineers and Contractors" construction crew, posing with a piece of equipment. A house and trees are in the background. Bags of cem...
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Building Site and Crane

Date: 1925
Description: A building site with "O'Dea and Shafer, Engineers and Contractors" construction crew, crane and other equipment. On the photograph album binding on the lef...

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