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Moving Boulder with Bulldozer

Date: 10 1959
Description: Moving a very large boulder with a bulldozer during construction of Highway 94 in Waukesha County.
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Paving North Main Street

Date: 1901
Description: A crew of construction workers paving North Main Street with brick.
Drawing

Building Corderoy Road

Date: 1948
Description: Pencil drawing of men building a corderoy road in the 1860's. Used for historical display for the Wisconsin State Highway Department.
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Construction of New Bridge

Date: 07 20 1931
Description: Construction of new overhead bridge — viaduct on US Highway 12 and 18 (West Broadway) across the North Western Railroad tracks near the Royal Airport.
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Road Work on University Avenue

Date: 08 19 1929
Description: Workers lay pipe and repave University Avenue, looking east along the 2400 block.
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Paving University Avenue

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Steam shovel loading a truck as part of road construction in front of Collins Lumber Co., 2308 University Avenue. There is a horse-drawn wagon passing by. ...
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Paving University Avenue

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Steam shovel loading truck at 2300 University Avenue, Collins Lumber Co., 2308 University Avenue.
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Workman with Jackhammer

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: Man with jackhammer making street repairs with an air hammer with compressor. Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. Saunders Grocery store is across the street a...
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Workman and Truck

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: Man with air hammer working on a road near a parked truck.
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Air Hammer Road Work

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: A worker is using an air hammer with compressor truck to do work on the road in the 800 block of University Avenue, looking west. Wisconsin Foundry & Machi...
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Filling Potholes

Date: 04 27 1987
Description: A city worker fills in holes in the road in mild spring weather.
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East Mifflin Street Looking North

Date: 1901
Description: View down East Mifflin Street looking north near Blair Street. Men are working on road construction.
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Highway Center Line Marker

Date: 06 1942
Description: A highway employee rides the machine which painted the center line of paved highways.
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Bridge Construction

Date: 1949
Description: Construction crew pouring concrete by hand on a bridge on Highway 11 near Browntown.
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Interstate Highway Construction

Date: 06 28 1960
Description: Concrete paving operation near the intersection of I-90 and U.S. Highway 12 in Sauk County. Traffic flows along the old highway to the right of the new co...
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Bass Creek Bridge Construction

Date: 1948
Description: Pouring concrete for footings on the Bass Creek Bridge on County Highway D in Rock County. The contractor is Luety Brothers.
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Road Construction Worker

Date: 1959
Description: An employee of the Fox Valley Paving Company pulls the pin from the concrete form during work on Interstate Highway I-90 in Rock County.
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Road Construction Project

Date: 1930
Description: Road construction workers along Highway 69 north of Monroe in Green County.
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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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Welder

Date: 08 05 1960
Description: A construction worker welds steel to reinforce the concrete columns for the interstate highway near Timme Mill Bridge.

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