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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: View from water of Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends ove...
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Stump Grinder

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Description: Workmen using a stump grinder.
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Harnischfeger Food Drive

Date: 03 1946
Description: Harnischfeger workers aren't on strike but they do their bit every week to help those who are. This picture was taken at the end of a regular Wednesday mo...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
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Monorail Hoist, Lumber Carrying Unit and Switch

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: A monorail hoist with lumber carrying unit and monorail track switch, with the number 12 painted on the front, at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Other te...
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P&H Single Line Grab Bucket at Trade Show Display

Date: 1918
Description: Single line grab bucket on display at P&H booth at a trade show with three men sitting around the display. The men are wearing hats and sitting in chairs, ...
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Men Operating MEC&MC Overhead Monorail Hoist

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Description: Two men operating the hand controls of a Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company overhead monorail hoist.
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Horizontal Hole Boring Drill

Date: 1914
Description: A horizontal hole boring drill, presumably at the Pawling & Harnischeger factory, drilling holes into crane parts. There is a man on the lift operating the...
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MEC&MC Single Leg Gantry Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company single leg gantry crane handling steel at the Racor Pacific Frog and Switch Works. There are a couple of m...
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Street Cleaning Truck

Date: 1914
Description: Side view of a man driving a street cleaning truck with water reservoir, sprayer, pump and brushes. Tracks are running down the street, perhaps for a cable...
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Man Under 3-Way Switch

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Description: A man wearing a wide brimmed hat leans on a support beam underneath a 3-way switch at the Madero Lumber Company. A P&H handling unit (No. 2821) is also vis...
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Lumber Hoist & Switch

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: Elevated view of a monorail hoist, lumber carrying unit, and monorail track switch at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Men are working with stacks of lumbe...
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MEC&MC Cant Handling Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company cant handing crane at Long Bell Lumber Co. with an operator in the cab. This was reportedly one of sixteen...
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MEC&MC Bridge Crane In Lumber Warehouse

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company bridge crane in an unidentified lumber warehouse. A sign on the crane reads "The Milwaukee Crane," and the...
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MEC&MC Type "G" Trolley with Type "O" Bridge

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company specially designed low-head type "O" bridge crane with a type "G" trolley lifting a beam. There is an oper...
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Man Working on Load-Brake Ratch

Date: 1915
Description: Man assembling a load-brake ratch on a type "A" trolley, possibly at the Pawling and Henry plant. The man is leaning over, and behind him is a drop cloth.
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Street Cleaner

Date: 1914
Description: Street cleaner cleaning a street. A man and boy stand on the opposite sidewalk watching. Another street cleaner is on the left. Perhaps in Milwaukee.
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Lumber Yard

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Description: Elevated view of workings of the Port Hammond Lumber Company, including monorail hoists, tracks and men working with large stacks of lumber. There are larg...
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MEC&MC Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company monorail hoist with lumber handling unit on a monorail track with an operator in the cab at Long Bell Lumb...
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MEC&MC Type "AN" Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company type "AN" crane at the Western Avenue Pumping Station with men working on various levels of the structure....

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