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Steam Shovel Digging Borrow Pit
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Workers digging a "borrow pit" for no. 2 mine with a steam shovel. The men are standing along a set of narrow gauge railroad tracks. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Steel Company. Wisconsin Steel was a subsidiary of International Harvester and operated coal mines at Benham.
March 1, 1919
International Harvester Company
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Construction of "Borrow Pit"
February 22, 1919
Workers using a steam shovel to dig a "borrow pit" for the no. 2 mine. The shovel is loading soil onto a rail car on a narrow gauge railroad track. Benham was a "company town" created by Internatio...
Workers and Steam Shovel in the Mud
1919
Workers standing outdoors in the mud with a steam shovel. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Steel Company. Wisconsin Steel was a subsid...
Miners with Mine Sprinkler
1919
Three miners with a mine sprinkler inside a mine shaft. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Steel Company. Wisconsin Steel was a subsidia...
Men Digging at Mine No. 2
April 21, 1919
Workers digging an intermediate bin for mine no. 2. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Steel Company. Wisconsin Steel was a subsidiary o...
Railroad Tracks and Bridge
March 19, 1919
Small steam engine hauling empty cars over a bridge along a narrow gauge railroad track. Houses in a residential neighborhood are in the background. The train is on the no. 2 bridge for the no. 2 m...
Men Standing Posing on Flooded Rail Line
1919
Men standing on the exposed portion of a flooded railroad track as a swiftly moving torrent of water is rushing past. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers ...
