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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Locomotive

Date: 1875
Description: Locomotive No. 75. Class H. Built 1850 by Schnectady Locomotive Works. Men are posed on and around the locomotive.
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Railroad Track Clean-up

Date: 1910
Description: Wisconsin Central Railway locomotive #2035 and a work train on a track clean-up assignment. Locomotive #102 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 18...
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Medina Junction Washout

Date: 1915
Description: Four men inspecting the washout of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie tracks caused by a flood at Medina Junction. The view is looking west from th...
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Marathon Paper Corporation Factory

Date: 09 14 1963
Description: The Marathon Paper Corporation plant along the historic Fox River canal.
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Menasha Warehouse

Date: 06 16 1963
Description: View across railroad tracks of warehouses on the northern outskirts of Menasha which are leased by the Kimberly-Clark Paper Company. Trucks are parked alon...
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Menasha Factory View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: The Menasha Woodenware plant and water tower on Doty Island from across the Fox River canal, with a small railroad dolly in the foreground.
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Menasha Factories View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View down railroad tracks towards the railroad bridge, with industrial plants on Doty Island.
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Whiting Paper Mill Ruins

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the bleacher exploded as the nigh...
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George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1949
Description: Aerial view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill.
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Whiting Paper Mill Ruins

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men and women are standing near the damaged railroad tracks. Sixteen men were killed by t...
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George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: Slightly elevated view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the ble...
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Kimberly, Clark, & Company Paper Mills

Date: 1878
Description: Line drawing of the first paper mill in Neenah, Wisconsin, built in 1865-66 and called the Neenah Paper Mill; it was run by a stock company composed of Nat...
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Kimberly, Clark, & Company Paper Mills

Date: 1878
Description: Line drawing of first paper mill in Neenah, Wisconsin, built in 1865-66 and called the Neenah Paper Mill; it was run by a stock copany composed of Nathan C...
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Chicago and North Western Railway

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company" and "Jan. 1915". At bottom it reads: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right reads: "North Station C. & N...
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Locomotive Engine No. 901

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Description: Left side view of Chicago,Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 901, class J2, built by Borrks Locomotive Works in 1887. Engineer Jake Rhyner ...
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Bersch's Resorters' Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View across railroad tracks towards Bersch's Inn, a three-story house with a wrap-around porch, and flat, grassy yard. Trees flank both sides of the Inn. L...
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Menasha Woodenware Company

Date: 1963
Description: A diagonal view down the canal of the Menasha Woodenware Company. Along the opposite side of the canal are boxcars on an elevated railroad track over the w...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Locomotive No. 16

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Description: Right side profile view of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Locomotive No. 16, built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1882, and scrapped in 1910.

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George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1885
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill, with men posing on switching engines of the three railroads then operating in the city in the foreground. Left to right: ...
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Manufacturing District

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Description: View of factories along the Fox River. The building on the left has a sign painted on it that reads: "Valley Knitting Co." Caption reads: "Manufacturing Di...

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