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Railroad Construction

Date:	1890
Description:	Men building a culvert on the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Westerm railway. In the background both horses and oxen teams are being used.

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Building the Central Railway Tunnel

Date:	12 23 1895
Description:	Horse-drawn implement makes a cut at a crossing where the tunnel will be made for the Wisconsin Central Railway.

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Wisconsin Central Railway Construction

Date:	12 11 1895
Description:	View of the construction area of the Wisconsin Central Railway, looking southeast at Shipyard Point with workers and a team of horses.

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