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Filling In Brittingham Park

Date: 1907
Description: A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park.
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Man with Camera Near McCormick Works

Date: 08 08 1914
Description: A photographer is standing near a camera on the bank of the Chicago River. He likely works for International Harvester Company and appears to be photograph...
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Man in Diving Suit

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: A man wearing a diving suit stands on a ladder coming out of a body of water (possibly the Chicago River). A sign in the background reads, "Dredge". The ma...
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Centrifugal Sand Pump at Work at Power Dam

Date: 07 01 1911
Description: A steam-powered centrifugal sand pump at work on the Wisconsin River during the construction of the power dam. Pilings of the coffer dam are visible in the...
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Power Dam Construction Site

Date: 07 27 1911
Description: Elevated view of the power dam construction site on the Wisconsin River from the west shore. The outline of the coffer dam is easily seen. Three steam-pow...
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Yahara River Dredging

Date: 1918
Description: The dredge used for clearing the channel of the Yahara River between Lakes Monona and Waubesa. Two cottages are on the shore and a rowboat is tied along t...
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Men Working near Large Dredge

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Men working near large dredge on Jones Island. Large piles of material are on the ground below the dredge. There is a ship on the right. In the distance a...
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Dredging Barges

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: A fleet of dredges moored to the Kentucky shore.
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Suction Dredge with Power Unit

Date: 06 29 1938
Description: A man operates an International PD-80 power unit mounted on a suction dredge for sand and gravel. The power unit is owned by Roy Deringer of Ithaca, Michig...
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Dredging Operations

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Description: Elevated view of dredging operations at the mouth of Bear Creek in Canada. Caption reads: "Dredging Operations at the Mouth of Bear Creek, Dawson, Y.T."
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Dredge Winneconne

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Description: View across water of the dredge "Winneconne" on the Fox River canal. Although undated the photograph was probably taken during the 1940s. The "Winneconne"...
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: View from shoreline of a crane lifting machinery to workers at the top of the bridge during construction. Words on the crane reads, "Stevens Brothers and S...
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Steam Dredge at the Hatfield Dam Construction Site

Date: 1907
Description: View of a steam dredge at the construction site of a dam on a river. Identified as the construction of the Hatfield dam in 1907.

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