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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...
Photograph

The Marble Quarry

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Description: View across water toward the marble quarries at the edge of Dorset. They are said to be the oldest in the country and provided the marble for buildings suc...
Photograph

The Old Bangor Slate Quarry

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Description: The slate industry was begun in Bangor by Robert M. Jones in 1848. The region became a major world center for slate. The view is from near the bottom of th...
Photograph

Old Bangor Slate Quarry

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Description: A view of a slate mine. The slate industry was begun in Bangor by Robert M. Jones in 1848 and the region became a major world center for slate.
Photograph

Leathem D. Smith Stone Company

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Description: View of Leathem D. Smith Stone Company, which expanded after 1918. A factory building is in the background, and a steam shovel is working in the foreground...
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Scene Along Fox River

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Description: View of the Fox River. Small boats are docked along the left bank where factory buildings stand. The facade features advertisements for Wrigley's Spearmint...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Montello

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye view of Montello, county seat of Marquette County. The granite quarry, woolen mill, and planing mill are clearly identified. A steamboat on Buf...
Map or Atlas

Movement of Stone on the Great Lakes

Date: 1923
Description: This map shows the movement of stone to cities along the Great Lakes. Portions of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New York, ...
Postcard

Montello Granite Works

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view looking west over the Montello Granite Company's works framed by an irregular mask. Two wooden derricks and irregular blocks of granite are i...

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