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USS Illinois in Dry Dock

Date: 1901
Description: The USS Illinois in the largest floating dry dock in the world at the time, surrounded by rowboats in the foreground. The battleship was built at Ne...
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Oil Gusher

Date: 1901
Description: A view of oil wells in Louisiana. On October 7, 1901, oil gushed to a height of seventy-five or eighty feet, continuing for seven hours. Caption reads: "Gu...
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Factory near Water

Date: 1900
Description: View across water of a factory or processing plant with large metal pipes leading into the water. Trees are growing out of the water near the pipes, and a ...

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