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Aerial View of the Isthmus

Date: 1908
Description: A panoramic aerial view of the Isthmus taken from a kite. Lake Mendota is to the right in the background with Picnic Point jutting into the lake. The photo...
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Aerial View of Milwaukee Railroad Roundhouse

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad station, roundhouse, and yard at the intersection of West Washington Avenue (across lower left...
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Green Bay & Western Railroad Roundhouse

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Green Bay & Western Railroad roundhouse.
Postcard

Soo Round House at Abbottsford

Date: 1909
Description: The Soo line roundhouse. Caption reads: "Soo Round House, Abbottsford, Wis."
Photograph

Portage Turn Table and Pump House

Date: 1885
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul engine #689 on the turn table, surrounded by railroad employees. The pump house is in the background.
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Yard

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway yard and roundhouse (left) on South Oakland Avenue.
Photograph

Railroad Yard Turntable

Date: 04 27 1975
Description: A railroad turntable at the Milwaukee Road railroad yard off West Washington Avenue.
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad Shops

Date: 1940
Description: Located in West Milwaukee. View from atop a building of a large building located in the center, next to a smokestack. In the foreground is part of a round...
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad Shops

Date: 1940
Description: West Milwaukee. Elevated view of tracks, trains, and buildings. A train roundhouse is located in the background.
Photograph

Frisco Round House And Freight Yards

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Description: An elevated view of Frisco roundhouse and freight yards, a train yard where many cars and a few locomotives are parked. Painted on the side of many of the ...
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St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Shops

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad shops. View of train yard where many trains and cars are parked. Caption at top left reads: "Nort...
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Roundhouse Train Depot

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Description: View of west yards train depot roundhouse. Railroad workers pose with locomotive engines in the roundhouse. The train in the foreground, no. "804," is on a...
Postcard

Scene in Railroad Yards

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Description: Photographic postcard of the railroad yards. Elevated view of railroad tracks and switch-yard, with steam rising behind a brick building on the left. Railr...
Photograph

Wisconsin Soldiers Pose on Locomotive

Date: 10 08 1944
Description: Five railroad soldiers pose on a locomotive near the roundhouse used by the 757th Railway Shop Battalion in Cherbourg, France. From Wisconsin are, (top) Se...
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Elroy Roundhouse

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Description: Elevated view of the roundhouse for the Chicago North Western Railway, one of two Elroy roundhouses during the railroad boom. This roundhouse has 20 stalls...
Photograph

Elroy Roundhouse and Railroad Yard

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Description: View of the Chicago North Western Railroad Roundhouse in Elroy. There are several train cars sitting on multiple sets of railroad tracks on the left. There...
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Railroad Roundhouse Panorama

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Description: Panoramic view of a railroad roundhouse, with railroad tracks and piles of gravel in the foreground. A man is working near a woodpile at the corner of the ...
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Railroads — I-4

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Railroads — I-4." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "I-4 owned by Boston & Maine Railroad, Boston, Mass. Used with Anderson p...

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