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Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad

Date: 1884
Description: View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large...
Photograph

Barnum Depot

Date: 
Description: View from along railroad tracks of a train arriving at the depot. There is a child in the doorway of the depot, and a woman in the background is carrying a...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Mazomanie, Dane County, Wis.

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map of Mazomanie.
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Central Railroad passenger depot at Stuntz Avenue. A group of people stand on the platform and near the locomotive between t...
Photograph

Rail Crossing at Elroy

Date: 09 1936
Description: Chicago & Northwestern Railroad train crossing the Elroy-New Lisbon Road (Highway 80).
Photograph

Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Engine

Date: 
Description: View from bottom of snowy hill looking up towards the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad engine #3, which was purchased from the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway.
Photograph

First Train in Waukon

Date: 10 27 1877
Description: The arrival of the first train in Waukon, on the Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad line. There is a large crowd gathered near the tracks, and one man stands on...
Photograph

CM&SP Railroad Engine

Date: 1931
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #6414, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and purchased in 1931. The train is near the 26th...
Postcard

Portage Railroad Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the railroad yards and station. Caption reads: "R. R. Yards and Station, Portage, Wis."
Photograph

Rail Yard at Depot

Date: 1895
Description: Railroad depot surrounded by stacked lumber for wood-burning locomotives. A few homes can be seen in the background.
Postcard

Streetcar Viaduct

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view across valley toward a streetcar viaduct on the Waukesha Interurban Line, near Milwaukee. Caption reads: "Street Car Bridge on Waukesha Inter...
Photograph

East River with Train Crossing

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of a train crossing the East River in a rural community south of Green Bay. Some buildings are visible to the right and the background of the i...
Photograph

Rock River at Watertown

Date: 1860
Description: View of the Rock River with a train on a railroad bridge in the foreground, and the town in the distance. Pedestrians are walking along a path on the left ...
Photograph

Railroad Station and Yards

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of a railroad station and yards.
Postcard

Pontoon Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of Pontoon Bridge. Caption reads: "Largest Pontoon Bridge in the U.S. Scene at the Tri Cities, North and South McGergor and Prairie du Chien....
Postcard

Mining Operations

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville."
Photograph

Grant Park

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of Grant Park through a window of the offices of International Harvester on Michigan Avenue. Trains are passing in the background behind a la...
Postcard

Allis Chalmers Company's Plant

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of factory with yellow walls and blue roofs. Lake and trains in background, with a tree-lined boulevard in the foreground. Caption reads: "Al...
Photograph

Railroad Bridge Removal

Date: 1885
Description: Partial removal of railroad bridge over Rock River. A train is on a section not being removed in order to transport men and materials.
Photograph

Livingston Graded School

Date: 1913
Description: View across railroad tracks of a two-story clapboard schoolhouse with bell tower. Groups of children pose outside and another group of children look out on...

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