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Paving Block Cutters

Date: 1910
Description: Paving block cutters at work at the the Montello Granite Company. Two men holding large hammers are posing underneath a tarp which is shading large pieces ...
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Carvers Working at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: Two stone cutters (probably Italian) working on decorative details over the east entrance during the construction of the State Historical Society of Wiscon...
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Construction Workers at Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1899
Description: Workers during the construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building.
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Early P&H 5-Ton Traveling Crane

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger crane design with cab-operated dial controls. The stencil on the crane says "Pawling and Harnischfeger ...
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P&H 25-Ton Type "C" Crane with Covered Trolley

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 25-ton type "C" I-beam crane holding two stone blocks at the Pfeiffer Stone Company. The crane is stamped with the text "Pawling & ...
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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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Universal Rock Crusher

Date: 10 12 1938
Description: Men work with a Universal crusher, used to crush 400 yards of gravel in 8 hours. The crusher was powered by an International PA-100 power unit owned by E.F...
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PD-40 in Stone Crusher

Date: 01 19 1938
Description: Men stand near a stone crusher powered by an International PD-40 power unit. The crusher was owned and operated by Coy Hawk. Two buildings stand in the ba...
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Men Using Rock Crusher

Date: 1937
Description: Three men stand on a platform to operate a rock crusher powered by an International PA-50 power unit, which is underneath the platform. The photograph was ...
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A Vermont Marble Company

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Description: The marble company employees at work in a quarry. By 1885 the Rutland quarries employed about 3,000 workers.
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Marble Quarry

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Description: A quarry of Alaska Marble Company at Calder, with men at work. Photograph published by Winter and Pond Company. Caption reads: "Marble Quarry, Calder, Ala...
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Carthage Building Stone Company

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Description: An unfinished architectural project at Carthage Building Stone Company, which was managed by J. P. Newell with Millard Bryan as superintendent. By 1914, lo...
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Truck Hauling Cinders

Date: 03 22 1925
Description: Men fill the bed of a Model 103 International truck with cinders from a chute at the Solway Process Company plant.
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Workers and Crane at a Limestone Quarry

Date: 1976
Description: Two workers and a large yellow crane at a limestone quarry. There are large blocks of roughly cut limestone, and numerous trees are in the background. The ...
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Workers in Stone Quarry

Date: 1976
Description: Color photo of workers cutting blocks of limestone in a quarry. There are what appear to be moveable platforms on tracks at the bottom of the face of the a...
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Power House

Date: 1910
Description: View down railroad tracks toward a group of six men posing outdoors at the power house. There is a pile of large rocks near the group of men at the corner ...
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View across the bottom of a quarry toward a group of men posing around a horse who appears to be pulling an open railroad car on railroad tracks. Steep cli...
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Quarry Houses

Date: 1910
Description: Six men are posing on horse-drawn wagons at quarry houses for the Montello Granite Co. A large building is on the right, and a pile of stone and two small ...
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Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Four men are posing inside the blacksmith shop at Montello Granite Co.
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Machine Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Two men standing inside the machine shop at Montello Granite Co. The man on the left has a pipe in his mouth, and he is standing with his hand on the power...

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