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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Mine

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Description: The Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Company, the owners of the rights to Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Mine, was created in 1902.
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: Two trains transporting taconite from Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, part of the Mesabi Iron Range, discovered in 1866.
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: Elevated view of steam shovels at work, removing taconite from Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Mine, functioning as an open cast mine because of its soft, shallo...
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Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mining

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Description: A view of the Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, with a residential area of Hibbing, Minnesota in the distance.
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Railroad Cars Filled with Iron Ore

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Description: Elevated view of railroad cars transporting iron ore from the Mesabi Iron Range, once important because of the discovery of hematite, and then for its larg...
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Steam Shovels Loading Railroad Cars with Iron Ore

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Description: Miners at work using steam shovels and railroad cars for transporting iron ore in Virginia, located on the Mesabi Iron Range.
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Railroad Cars Passing Through the Iron Ore Mine Pit

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Description: Railroad cars pass through an iron ore mine pit in Virginia, Minnesota, home to the Mesabi Iron Range.
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Log Cabins of the Lumber Camp

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Description: A view of the log cabin housing at a logging camp. Caption reads: "Logging Camp, Cloquet, Minn."
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A Steam Hauler Pulling Logs

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Description: A view of a steam hauler pulling logs across ice on sleds. Four men are posing, with one man sticking his head out of a window of the hauler; one man is s...
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Steam Hauler for Pulling Logs

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Description: A view of a steam hauler used for pulling logs. A man is standing inside of the hauler with his head out of the window. On the right a man is standing in f...
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Shipping Logs by Railroad

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Description: Three men are standing on the last railroad car which is carrying logs down a railroad track. Another set of tracks are running parallel on the left, and b...
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Water Street Bridge

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Description: Waterside view of the Red Cedar River spanned by a metal bridge. The river has a small waterfall created by a dam and a horse-drawn carriage is standing in...
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Men Moving Mogul 8-16 Tractors Off Box Car

Date: 04 10 1916
Description: Group of men with Mogul 8-16 tractors coming off of a box car near Minneapolis.
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Factory Reflection

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Description: View across water toward an old factory. The factory buildings are reflected in the water.
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Campbell's Mill and Water Street Bridge

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Description: A view of Campbell's Mill and the Water Street Bridge in the background on the right. There is a railroad car and several men driving horse-drawn wagons on...
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Papermills

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Description: Elevated view of the Boise-Payette Paper Mill, established in 1913. It was the largest employer in International Falls and became home to the second larges...
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Northwest Paper Company Plant

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Description: An exterior view of the Northwest Paper Company. It was founded in 1898 and manufactured high quality printing, writing, and converting paper. The Cloquet...
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Red Wing Linseed Mills

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Description: View across water toward buildings for the Red Wing Linseed Mills and the Simmons Milling Company.
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Log Jam on the River

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Description: View of a log jam on the river, with a forest in the background. Caption reads: "Log Jam."
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Mill, Cloquet Lumber Co.

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Description: View across water covered with logs toward the mill. Smoke and steam is coming from a smokestack and chimneys. The mill building has smaller outbuildings c...

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