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Walking Dredge in a Cranberry Marsh

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Description: A walking dredge in action in a cranberry marsh. Probably the walking dredge at Gebhardt Marsh mentioned in the obituary of C.J. Van Schaick, and in the Ba...
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Walking Dredge in a Cranberry Marsh

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Description: A walking dredge in action in a cranberry marsh. Probably the walking dredge at Gebhardt Marsh mentioned in the obituary of C.J. Van Schaick, and in the Ba...
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Walking Dredge in a Cranberry Marsh

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Description: View across field towards children posing standing on a walking dredge in a cranberry marsh. Probably the walking dredge at Gebhardt Marsh mentioned in the...
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Dredge in a Cranberry Marsh

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Description: A walking dredge in action in a cranberry marsh. Probably the walking dredge at Gebhardt Marsh mentioned in the obituary of C.J. Van Schaick, and in the Ba...
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Steam Dredge at the Hatfield Dam Construction Site

Date: 1907
Description: A steam dredge at the construction site of a dam on a river. Identified as the construction of a canal at the Hatfield dam construction in 1907.
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Steam Dredge at Hatfield Dam Construction Site

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of a steam dredge at the construction site of a dam on a river. Identified as the construction of the Hatfield dam in 1907.
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Steam Dredge at the Hatfield Dam Construction Site

Date: 1907
Description: View of a steam dredge at the construction site of a dam on a river. Identified as the construction of the Hatfield dam in 1907.
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Working Dredge in a Cranberry Marsh

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Description: A walking dredge in action in a cranberry marsh. Probably the walking dredge at Gebhardt Marsh mentioned in the obituary of C.J. Van Schaick, and in the Ba...
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Walking Dredge

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Description: View of a walking dredge in a field. A man, a woman holding a child, and a young boy are on the dredge, and a woman perches on the projecting arm, and anot...
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Walking Land Dredge

Date: 1920
Description: Mobile “walking” land dredge. A few men in work clothes stand posing at the front of the dredge, and four other men wearing suits pose in the suspended dre...
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Photographer Setting Up Outdoor View of IHC McCormick Works

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: Rear view of company photographer setting up shot of IHC's McCormick Works docks from across the waterfront. Two men are in a long wooden boat, with the na...
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Sand Dredge on Ship

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Description: View along side of dredge mounted on a ship unloading sand on a large snd pile in the background.
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Suction Dredge with Power Unit

Date: 06 29 1938
Description: A man operates an International PD-80 power unit mounted on a suction dredge for sand and gravel. The power unit is owned by Roy Deringer of Ithaca, Michig...
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Dredging Barges

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: A fleet of dredges moored to the Kentucky shore.
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Camp Randall's Facelift

Date: 11 18 1957
Description: Excavating machines start lowering historic gridiron for a "facelift" of Camp Randall's stadium.
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Yahara River Dredging

Date: 1918
Description: The dredge used for clearing the channel of the Yahara River between Lakes Monona and Waubesa. Two cottages are on the shore and a rowboat is tied along t...
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Walking Dredge

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Description: Walking dredge in operation, to rid the county of marshes, probably on the east side of Jackson County. Men working in lower left.
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Centrifugal Sand Pump at Work at Power Dam

Date: 07 01 1911
Description: A steam-powered centrifugal sand pump at work on the Wisconsin River during the construction of the power dam. Pilings of the coffer dam are visible in the...
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Man Looking at Construction Site

Date: 1969
Description: Man looking at the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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Man in Diving Suit

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: A man wearing a diving suit stands on a ladder coming out of a body of water (possibly the Chicago River). A sign in the background reads, "Dredge". The ma...

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