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MEC&MC Gantry Crane Constructing the L.I.R.R.

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane involved with the construction of the Long Island Railroad. There is a sign on the crane that...
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First Steam Passenger Train

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Description: Woodcut image of the first steam passenger train ever run in the United States. The locomotive pulls a wood car and two passenger cars.
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Wickwire Spencer Steel Company Truck

Date: 1940
Description: An International D-500 truck owned by the Wickwire Spencer Steel Company is parked in the foreground of an industrial area near railroad tracks. In the bac...
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Train Arriving at the Depot

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Description: The station at Sylvan Beach was essential in providing transportation to central New York's recreational resort area. Caption reads: "Train Time. Sylvan Be...
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Loading Ore Cars

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Description: Trains transported iron ore through St. George every twenty minutes. A view of the city can be seen behind the railroad yard.
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American Locomotive Company

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Description: Newly finished locomotives are lined up at Brooks Works of the American Locomotive Company, founded in 1901.
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American Locomotive Company

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Description: The erecting department at Brooks Works of the American Locomotive Company, founded in 1901. Photograph published by Skinner's News Company.
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Locomotive at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: A locomotive is backed into a loading area at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). The locomotive has a large light on th...

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