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Narrow Gauge Trestle and Coffer Dam Under Construction

Date: 06 21 1911
Description: Looking east over the Wisconsin River showing the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. Two steam-driven pile drivers on barges with construction worke...
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Viaduct

Date: 1889
Description: Chicago & North Western Railway viaduct on the line along the Milwaukee River. The viaduct has two arched passages, and stones and rocks lining the path f...
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Illinois Central Railroad Station

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Illinois Central Railroad Station, from a bridge crossing over the tracks, built in 1918.
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Repaired Deck Truss Bridge

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view from steep shoreline of a railroad bridge repaired with timber stacked all the way up from the riverbed to reinforce the truss of the bridge....
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An Awkward Fix

Date: 07 1892
Description: Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba...
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Turkish Landsturm (Reservists)

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Description: Duties of the Turkish Landsturm (reservists). Guarding a bridge in Adana.
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Tractor Pushed Corn Picker at McCormick Works

Date: 06 27 1919
Description: A man is sitting under an umbrella on a tractor-pushed Corn Picker in factory yard. Perhaps for research and development. There is a small building in the ...
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Tractor Pushed Corn Picker at McCormick Works

Date: 06 27 1919
Description: A man is sitting under an umbrella on a tractor-pushed Corn Picker in factory yard. Perhaps for research and development. A group of men are watching and s...

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