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| Description: | A man unloads coal from a boat by walking a wheelbarrow across wooden platforms raised on scaffolds. In the background a man stands with an empty wheelbarr... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View of docks with ships tied up for the winter. The Reiss coal yard is in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards the coal docks on the right, with several ships in the harbor. Caption reads: "Coal Docks, Capacity 100,000 Tons, Two Rivers, W... |
| Date: | 08 27 1910 |
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| Description: | Looking south towards the 16th Street viaduct over Menominee Valley from about Clybourn Street. Shows the surrounding industrial area and neighborhoods. Se... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of tugboat pulling a steamer caked in ice in a canal. Steam is rising from the water and an open drawbridge can be seen in the background. On... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | An original New York Central Lines railway lithograph promoting Ashtabula Harbor, Lake Erie, as the location "Where Trainloads of Appalachian Coal are Exch... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Unloading coal from a large ship in Lake Superior onto land near Washburn. There is a large conveyor that has lights glowing in the dark sky. A large pile ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the ship "Alex B. Uhrig" in the process of coal unloading on the Reiss Coal Dock No. 2. |
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| Description: | View across water towards ships unloading coal and sulphur. Cranes rise above both ships, and a man is walking near a large pile of coal in the background ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view over railroads tracks of Canadian ship with cargo of wood pulp. Sulphide bales are being unloaded and there are several men on the ship. In t... |
| Date: | 05 12 1959 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a large ship with a considerable amount of dark smoke coming from the rear. The ship appears to be heading toward a large field of coal buil... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View towards a man driving a TD-24. In the background are cranes, and a ship at the shoreline. Subject: "TD-24 — Material Handling." Where Taken: "MW." Inf... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Philadelphia and Reading Coal Docks, Superior, Wis." View across the water towards a cargo ship docked for loading or unloading. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a souvenir folder of Superior. Caption on front reads: "Largest Iron Ore and Coal Docks in the World." A ship named "Ashcroft" is depicted l... |
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