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Men in Front of Brown Corliss Engine Company Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Several men posing in front of the newly constructed Brown Corliss Engine Co. machine factory. Caption reads: "Corliss, Wis. About 1901. Men in front of ma...
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Railroad Yard near Factory

Date: 09 18 1916
Description: View down railroad tracks in a railroad yard. On the right railroad cars are on another set of tracks. Factory buildings are in the distance.
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Railroad Yard near Factory

Date: 09 18 1916
Description: View down railroad tracks in a railroad yard. Factory buildings are in the distance. A man is sitting near a small building near the tracks.
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Railroad Yard

Date: 09 18 1916
Description: View of railroad yard, with plant in the distance. Detail of switches in foreground.
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Railroad Tracks Near Factory Buildings

Date: 02 1910
Description: Railroad tracks along the side of a brick factory building at McCormick Works. A smokestack rises above the building in the background. There is a storage ...
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Elevated View of McCormick Works

Date: 01 26 1914
Description: View from roof looking over factory buildings at McCormick Works. An addition on the top of one building has a sign near the roof that reads: "McCormick." ...
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View of McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1905
Description: View towards McCormick Reaper Works, with railroad tracks in the foreground.
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McCormick Works Plant and Yard

Date: 11 26 1918
Description: View looking down railroad tracks towards plant and yard. On the left railroad cars are on an elevated railroad platform, and a skybridge is overhead conne...
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View of River from Docks

Date: 11 13 1914
Description: View of river from docks. Industrial buildings and a smokestack are on the far shoreline.
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Railroad Tracks and Factory Buildings

Date: 08 20 1917
Description: View down sets of railroad tracks towards a railroad crossing and factory buildings. There are smokestacks and railroad cars in the distance.
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Looking West Towards Hurley, WI From Ironwood, MI

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of Hurley, WI and nearby industrial sites (Scott & Howe Lumber Co. Mill, Ashland Mine). Inventory reads: "Looking west and a little south ove...
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Aerial View of Waukesha Works

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of Waukesha Works, a foundry.
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Aerial View of Waukesha Works

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of Waukesha Works, a foundry.
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Waukesha Works

Date: 1957
Description: Exterior view of plant buildings. Writing on photograph reads: "No.9." Caption on front of photograph reads: "Yard — Looking East."
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Aerial View of Milwaukee Harvester Works

Date: 1900
Description: Aerial view of Milwaukee Harvester Works, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Engraving of Kirby Factory

Date: 1877
Description: Aerial view of the Kirby Factory in Auburn, New York. On left side is the text: "A Machine Made Every 14 Minutes." Along the bottom are numbered explanatio...
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Engraving of "Factory of Warder, Mitchell and Co."

Date: 1877
Description: Elevated view of Warder, Mitchell and Co., manufacturers of Champion Reapers and Mowers exclusively.
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Water Power

Date: 1910
Description: Water power at the Montello Granite Co. View across water toward buildings elevated above the water. Water is pouring through the foundations of some of th...
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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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Spring House at Walnut Grove

Date: 
Description: View toward the Spring House at the base of a hill. A fence and gate are in the foreground.

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