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Wisconsin Central Freight Cars

Date: 05 05 1897
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc.
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Kilbourn Bridge with Train

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Description: Bridge over river with railroad train. "Apollo No. 1" steamboat under bridge. Boats are along the shoreline.
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Men Standing on Railroad Car

Date: 04 1911
Description: Group of men standing on and beside a rail car in front of the main construction office at the site of the Wisconsin River dam.
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Birds-Eye View of Cameron

Date: 1907
Description: Caption reads: "Birdseye [sic] View of Cameron Wisconsin." Railroad cars are on railroad tracks between buildings, and houses and what may be the hi...
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Narrow Gauge Railroad

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men transferring bodies of a standard gauge box car (of the Wisconsin Coal Co.) to the narrow gauge tracks of the Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Rail...
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Bridge

Date: 09 2013
Description: Elevated view of University Avenue from a footbridge. The University of Wisconsin Foundation and a parking lot are on the opposite side of the avenue. A Ba...
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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Bridgeport Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the Bridgeport depot on the Wisconsin River. A group of men and boys pose on the platform. There is a Wells Fargo Company Express sign bel...
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Observation Platform of Train at Kilbourn Station

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Description: Group of people posing on the observation platform of a train at the Kilbourn station. There is a water tower on the left.
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Shooting Concrete from Elevated Road at Power Dam

Date: 05 17 1912
Description: Workmen pouring concrete from the elevated railroad into forms below.
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Construction Workers at Dam Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a group of workers posing on the east bank of the Wisconsin River at the power dam construction site. One man is strumming his shovel like...
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Chicago Northwestern Railroad Train

Date: 1910
Description: Car number 557 of the Chicago Northwestern railroad at 7th Street. Eight train workers are standing on or around the train.
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York Iron Mine

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Description: Stereograph view of the York Iron Mine.
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Train Pushing Through Snow

Date: 1923
Description: Winter scene with a Wisconsin & Michigan train pushing through snow. Men are shoveling snow in front of it. Smoke is billowing from the front of the train.
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Copy Photograph; Train Cars Loaded with Tree Trunks

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Description: Copy photograph of a steam train pulling railroad cars loaded with large trees.
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Workers on Railroad Platform

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Description: Exterior view of work men posing sitting on a wagon on the platform at the railroad station.
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York Iron Mine

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Description: Elevated view of the York Iron Mine. Railroad tracks are in the foreground.
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Lumber Railroad Crew

Date: 1903
Description: A work crew of the Upham Lumber and Manufacturing Company near Athens, Wisconsin. The men are riding on a flatbed car of the Abbottsford and Northeastern R...
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Steam Locomotive Carrying Circus Wagons

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Description: View across field towards a railroad train transporting circus wagons on open railroad cars.
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Theresa Station

Date: 06 1988
Description: At Theresa Station, Shirley Widmer and Kake Koll inspect a Wisconsin Central railroad cart, which had been restored by railroad buff Dean Kedinger. The sta...

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