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10,000 Pound Bridge with Trolley

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Description: Interior of a factory with a Pawling and Harnischfeger bridge and trolley.
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Early P&H 5-Ton Traveling Crane

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger crane design with cab-operated dial controls. The stencil on the crane says "Pawling and Harnischfeger ...
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Early P&H 5-Ton I-Beam Crane

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of an early 5-ton Pawling & Harnischfeger I-Beam overhead bridge crane with a type "O" bridge, numbered 150, and a traveling hook. The stamp ...
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P&H 30-Ton Type "AN" Bridge Crane at St. Louis Exposition

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 30-ton type "AN" bridge crane with a 5-ton type "A" trolley at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in either the Palace of Electricity ...
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P&H 2-Ton Monorail Hoist in Rail Storage House

Date: 1911
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 2-ton monorail hoist in the William Wharton Jr. & Co. rail storage house. There's a man in the cab and the text on the cab reads "P...
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P&H Trade Show Display

Date: 09 1911
Description: A trade show display for Pawling & Harnischfeger cranes and hoists at the Merchants & Manufacturers Association Expo featuring a single-line grab bucket.
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#14 KW Machine at Work

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Description: A Harnischfeger Corporation #14 KW machine creating a trench. The title caption gives the trench measurements as 22" x 5 1/2'. There is a house in the back...
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Pawling & Harnischfeger Co. Truck with Artillery Gun Mounted on Bed

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Description: A Pawling and Harnischfeger Company truck, with an artillery gun mounted on the bed, decorated with banners and flags. Two soldiers are standing on the bac...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist in Lumberyard

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist with lumber handling unit in the Pacific Lumber Co. lumberyard. There's a man in the cab and the text stamped ...
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P&H Exterior Type "AN" Hoist with Grab Bucket

Date: 1914
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger type "AN" hoist with a grab bucket and an enclosed trolley over railroad tracks with a train car underneath it. The crane is stam...
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P&H Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling Unit

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, laden with lumber, with operator repositioning load as the hoist leaves the lumber shed...
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P&H 10-Ton Traveling "Belly Crane" In Machine Shop

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Description: Interior view of an early Pawling and Harnischfeger type "N"model overhead traveling crane with a type "A" trolley. It was called a "Belly Crane" due to th...
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P&H 5-Ton Interior Crane

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Description: An interior 5-ton cab-operated Pawling and Harnischfeger crane running along railroad siding to unload scrap and steel for manufacture. The stencil on the ...
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Early P&H 6-Ton I-Beam Cranes

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of two early 6-ton Pawling & Harnischfeger I-Beam cranes, numbered 123 and 124. The bridges of both are an early "O" type used for short span...
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Two Early P&H 15-Ton I-Beam Cranes

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Description: Interior view of a machine shop outfitted with two early Pawling & Harnischfeger 15-ton, overhead trolley, cab-operated, basic block I-Beam cranes with typ...
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P&H 25-Ton Type "C" Crane with Covered Trolley

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 25-ton type "C" I-beam crane holding two stone blocks at the Pfeiffer Stone Company. The crane is stamped with the text "Pawling & ...
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Four P&H Lattice Girder Bridges & Trolley Hoists

Date: 1919
Description: Four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder bridges trolley hoists used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane and the banner on...
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P&H Plant

Date: 08 15 1913
Description: Elevated view from window of the Pawling & Harnischfeger factory on the corner of National Avenue and 44th Street. The road in front has power lines along ...
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Early P&H Machine Shop

Date: 1886
Description: Exterior view of one of the first Pawling & Harnischfeger machine shops. The building was built in 1886 on the corner of South First Street and East Oregon...
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Four P&H Lattice Girder Cranes

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Description: Four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder cranes used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane, and the banner on the crane read...

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