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Highway Power

Date: 1925
Description: Bulletin advertising Pioneer tractors for construction and maintenance of highways. Features two photographs of men using the tractors; the caption beneath...
Photograph

Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: Two cranes and a car at the bridge construction site. Several workers work on carving out the road at the edge of the river.
Photograph

Road Construction Crew with Truck

Date: 10 15 1928
Description: View towards a truck being loaded with large pipe from a crane. A man is helping to position the large pipe onto the back of the truck. The sign painted on...
Photograph

Bridge Construction

Date: 1924
Description: Winter view of new poured concrete bridge supports and scaffolding in a wooded ravine along Sheridan Road.
Photograph

Construction Equipment on Display

Date: 01 29 1931
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, being displayed at the Wiscon...
Photograph

Gilbert Road Grader

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: M.O. Weaver uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor outfitted with a Gilbert grader to smooth a rural road.
Photograph

Wooden Sidewalk

Date: 1906
Description: View down a wooden sidewalk, next to a dirt road. Some piles of wood are in the road near a portion of the sidewalk that is under construction.
Photograph

Russell Motor Patrol

Date: 07 20 1929
Description: Emil Anderson operates a road grader marked "Russell Motor Patrol No.3" on Highway 12.
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Russell Motor Patrol on Highway 12

Date: 07 20 1927
Description: Emil Anderson operating a road grader marked "Russell Motor Patrol No.3" on Highway 12.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Grader on Road

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man operating a grader on a road. There is a fence and field in the background.
Photograph

Earthmover Used in Road Repair

Date: 09 22 1927
Description: View down road towards a man using an earthmover for road repair. There is a truck parked on the roadside on the left, and a stack of pipes is near the roa...
Photograph

Road Equipment

Date: 01 29 1931
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Company road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, on display at the Wiscons...
Photograph

Bricks Stacked Along Road

Date: 11 22 1916
Description: Bricks are stacked along both sides of a road. An automobile is in the center of the road, and a large building is on the right.
Photograph

Construction of City Hall

Date: 1888
Description: View across unpaved road towards construction workers at the site of the new city hall. William Waters, architect.
Photograph

Men Operating 295b Pay Scrapers

Date: 11 12 1971
Description: Elevated view of 295b Pay Scrapers and other construction equipment at work. Black Rock Contracting, Inc., has contract to construct 3.26 miles of Intersta...
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Men Operating 295b Pay Scrapers

Date: 11 12 1971
Description: Elevated view of men operating 295b Pay Scrapers and other construction equipment. Black Rock Contracting, Inc., has contract to construct 3.26 miles of In...
Photograph

Road Construction with an International T-14

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of two men working with an International T-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and an Adams grader to level a new road.
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Mogul 30-60 Tractor Pulling Elevating Grader

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 30-60 kerosene tractor pulling an elevating grader in road construction project. The project was part of the "good roads movement" in Missouri.
Photograph

Man Driving Industrial Tractor Pulling Road Grader

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man driving an industrial tractor pulling a road grader. In the background is a field, and farm buildings and large...
Photograph

TD-24 — Road Building

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man driving a TD-24. Subject: "TD-24 — Road Building." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-2...

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