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Railroad Tie Mill
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William Rogalsky's railroad tie mill, showing workers and logs ready to be milled. Photographer Charles J. Ruppenthal was known to have been active in Tigerton during the period 1915-1928, a fact which helps to date the image.
Ruppenthal, Charles J.
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Log Hauling Train
Train pulling a long load of logs through the woods. Horses replaced oxen teams and are used along with wood burning trains to haul logs.
Steam Powered Saw Mill and Workers
Group portrait of men, women, and a child posing standing next to a steam-powered open saw mill next to piles of logs.
Feeding Logs into the Mill
1930
Workers push logs floating in the Wisconsin River into alignment to enter a building for processing.
Locomotive Hauling Logs
Outdoor view of men standing with horses near a locomotive hauling logs through a forest. Two loggers are standing in the center.
