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| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of men standing on the bridge over west branch of the Wolf River. They are constructing the Wisconsin & Northern railroad bridge. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | View of the bridge under construction, with a crane atop the structure. Eight men are standing on scaffolding below the bridge. The Nicolet Paper Company ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the construction of the interstate highway near Mirror Lake, showing only the early stages of the bridge construction. |
| Date: | 11 16 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the interstate highway bridge construction at Mirror Lake showing the concrete footings halfway down the embankment. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Soldier using an International TD-18 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) during a training exercise. The original caption reads: "A graduate of the school assign... |
| Date: | 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Construction equipment on a pontoon in the Wisconsin River during construction of the Wisconsin Dells bridge. Cars can be seen on the old railroad bridge i... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | View of building under construction from a boat on the river. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | From Jones Island, looking across to a manufacturing area with cranes and large piles of coal or coke? In the lower foreground is a bare hill, with old pil... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of an M-139 truck transporting members of a bridge-building unit and construction materials to the bank of a river in a wooded area. The s... |
| Date: | 03 1932 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down from the point where the Hoover Dam is to be built. International trucks used roads built into the mountainside to transport bui... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Men stand along a riverbank as International trucks are used to haul loads from the cliffs during the construction of the Hoover Dam. An electric shovel is... |
| Date: | 03 1932 |
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| Description: | Men use International trucks to loads from the cliffs during the construction of the Hoover Dam. One of the men is smoking a cigarette. Two shovels are wor... |
| Date: | 03 1932 |
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| Description: | Two International trucks drive up a dirt road during the construction of the Hoover Dam. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Front view of a three-deck drilling platform mounted on an International truck. The device was used in the interior of the tunnels during construction of t... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking north toward the future site of the Hoover Dam. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down through Black Canyon to the Colorado River, the future site of the Hoover Dam. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down through Black Canyon to the Colorado River, the future site of the Hoover Dam. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | An International truck waits to be loaded with boulders blasted from the walls of Black Canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam. The Colorado Rive... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Men drive an International truck up a dirt road along the Colorado River during the construction of the Hoover Dam in Black Canyon. There is a steam, or po... |
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