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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Workmen posing on the partially demolished dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, together with the hoist used for removing salvaged materials. This d... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A worker lifting a stationary gas engine frame with an overhead crane at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee ... |
| Date: | 08 1907 |
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| Description: | The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The construction of the East Wing of the new Capitol is underway. This is a view of the North and South Wings and the dome of the Third Wisconsin State Cap... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of the Lafayette County Courthouse during construction. The men are placing the last stone into position. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Lafayette County courthouse during construction. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 40-ton bridge crane with a 10-ton 2 block type "A" trolley and two hooks. The crane is located at the West Allis Works. The crane i... |
| Date: | 07 19 1907 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist with a 3-ton grab bucket in the engine room of the Wisconsin Steel Co., which was a subsidiary of the International ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A crane lowers the flag pole from the third Wisconsin State Capitol as the first step in demolition of the dome. An iron eagle is perched atop the flag pol... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad crew with the rock crusher. The train car is labeled '204430' and 'Burlington Route'. A steep hill rises behind... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the construction site of a dam across a river. Identified as the construction of the Hatfield dam across the Black River in 1907 to 1909. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road towards construction workers working on the first floor of the Eau Claire Public Library at the intersection of Farwell Street and... |
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