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Clouds of Industry

Date: 07 1952
Description: Solvay Coke and Gas Company with railroad train and tracks, smoke billowing upward. The company was opened in 1906 and closed in 1983.
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IHC Portable Engine on Flatcar

Date: 04 12 1911
Description: View of a new IHC Titan (?Mogul Tractor) tank-cooled portable engine loaded onto a flatcar for shipment from IHC's Milwaukee Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. S...
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Milwaukee Road Repair Shop

Date: 10 1983
Description: The Milwaukee Road freight car repair shop at 3301 West Canal Street.
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Industrial Wisconsin

Date: 1952
Description: Solvay Coke and Gas Company with railroad train and tracks, smoke billowing upward. The company was opened in 1906 and closed in 1983.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
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Wisconsin Ice and Coal Company Truck

Date: 09 21 1937
Description: A man stands in a lift attached to the bed of an International Model DR-60 truck owned by the Wisconsin Ice and Coal Company. Another man stands atop a rai...
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Starch Factory

Date: 09 28 1895
Description: Elevated view of wagons filled with potatoes parked near a starch factory. In 1895, 125,000 bushels of potatoes were converted into starch. Railroad tracks...
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works, with a group of men posed standing in front of the construction of the blast furnace.
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On the Lower Fox

Date: 01 1950
Description: Winter image of the Interlake Pulp Mill in the Fox River Valley. The buildings are surrounded by large stacks of logs. The Fox River can be seen behind and...
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Port of Kenosha

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Description: Aerial photograph of the Port of Kenosha and factories, with snow on the ground. There are four ships along the shoreline, and multiple factories on either...
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace. On the hill is the boardinghouse and the dance hall. A man is working near the railroad cars, and other p...
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Bay View Rolling Mills

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Description: Smelting Department of the Bay View Rolling Mills.
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United States Sugar Beet Company

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Description: An exterior view of the United States Sugar Beet Company, located on Atwood Avenue.
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Racine Wagon Works

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Description: Exterior view of the Racine Wagon Works building with railroad tracks in the foreground.
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Paper Mill

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across field towards a bus sitting in the driveway in front of a large factory complex, which has a water tower and three smokestacks. "Airport 2 Mi."...
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Paper Mill

Date: 01 1936
Description: Two large smokestacks rise from the 1903 building of the Rhinelander Paper Company. Railroad tracks are crossing the left foreground diagonally; a second s...
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Flambeau Milling Company Plant

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: View from railroad tracks of the Flambeau Milling Company Plant.
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Carnation Milk Products Company Plant

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Description: Exterior view of the Carnation Milk Products Company plant as seen from across railroad tracks.
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Aerial View of Waukesha Works

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of Waukesha Works, a foundry.

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