Date: | 1954 |
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Description: | Self-unloader, the Detroit Edison, Hull 418, is under construction and surrounded by scaffolding at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation. |
Date: | 07 15 1911 |
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Description: | The S.S. Harvester on the building ways before launching. The ship was built for the Wisconsin Steel Company, a subsidiary of International Harveste... |
Date: | 1901 |
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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... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the shipyards with the Badger State cement plant in background. |
Date: | 09 14 1967 |
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Description: | Double reduction reverse gear that was later purchased by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Falk caption reads: "Photos taken for possible use as glam... |
Date: | 06 16 1969 |
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Description: | Paper mill debarker drum that was purchased and used by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company. Man in photograph is unidentified. |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder bridges trolley hoists used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane and the banner on... |
Date: | 07 08 1925 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the ship the Charles C. West splashing into the Manitowoc River with a large crowd gathered to watch. |
Date: | 01 10 1942 |
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Description: | S.S. Robert M. La Follette splashing into the Industrial Canal at its launch. |
Date: | 1943 |
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Description: | USS Wisconsin in drydock during construction. Men are working at the base of the ship. |
Date: | 1943 |
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Description: | USS Wisconsin in drydock during construction. A group of men are standing on scaffolding at the base of the ship. |
Date: | 1914 |
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Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of the inside of a shipping manufacturer, with men working near a ship in drydock. Text at bottom reads: "On The Job For V... |
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Date: | 1918 |
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Description: | View over pier made of pilings towards a floating drydock, now embedded in the ice, near Solombola, Russia. There are tall buildings behind it on the oppos... |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Aerial view showing shipyards, rivers and roads. |
Date: | 1964 |
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Description: | Docks at Jones Island with a lone swan swimming. Many large ships and city buildings can be seen in the background. |
Date: | 1958 |
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Description: | View from pier of Peterson's Boat Works in Sturgeon Bay. |
Date: | 07 02 1960 |
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Description: | View across water towards the Manitowoc Shipbuilding floating drydock. Pilings and grass are in the foreground. On the far shoreline are buildings on a hil... |
Date: | 01 08 1958 |
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Description: | Elevated view over icy water towards ships in the shipyard on the left, and the cement company in the background. Cranes and industrial buildings are in th... |
Date: | 09 09 1954 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the sideways launching of Hull 418, the Detroit Edison at Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc. A group of people are gathered at the wharf ... |
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