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West Milwaukee Railroad Yard

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Description: Elevated view of the West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
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West Milwaukee Railroad

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Railroad train cars are stopped on the tracks and smoke is rising fr...
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Milwaukee Coal Wagon

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of wagons hauling coal from the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company holding up street car traffic on a busy Milwaukee street.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad

Date: 1940
Description: Located in West Milwaukee. Trains, cars, tracks, and railroad buildings. The view is taken from the top of a building.
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Milwaukee Harvester Works

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Harvester Works. View from hill towards a large crowd of workers, mainly men and boys, posing in front of the factory in an ...
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Derrick on Cargo Ship

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Description: A cargo ship on the river with a derrick.
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Loading Hard Coal

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Description: Two horses hitched up to a Milwaukee Western Fuel Company cart stopped at a station, with a man standing on the wagon filling the cart with hard coal for h...
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Electric Car on Hill

Date: 1904
Description: A car climbs up a dirt and gravel road in an industrial area. The Milwaukee-Western Fuel Co. building is in the background, as well as a building with a si...
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Train Yard from Hillside

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Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee Electric Rapid Transit at 20-23rd Streets and St. Paul, looking southeast from a hillside. Snow is on the ground, the buildi...
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Elevated View of Canal

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from a building of a canal in the city, with a boat on the canal. A bridge is also visible.
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Factory Stacks

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Description: Smoke coming from two rows of smokestacks on the top of a factory.
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Demolition on Kilbourn Avenue

Date: 04 10 1941
Description: A structure is being demolished on Kilbourn Avenue.
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Canal Ending at Lumberyard

Date: 1900
Description: Two ships at the end of the canal, several buildings, a small lumberyard, and snow. Three other ships are visible down the canal.
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Docks at Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Docks and shanties at Jones Island, with smokestacks and cranes in the background.
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Kroening Engineering factory

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Description: Exterior view of the Kroening Engineering factory. Cars are parked along the street outside the building.
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Downtown River View

Date: 1900
Description: View across river of a boat docked near a building with a sign for Adolph Meinecke & Sons (Manufacturers). In the background is City Hall.
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Road Crew Repairing Street

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Description: A road crew repairing a street.
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Metal Structure

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Description: Large metal structure lying in a sand pile. A building with a sign that reads "[?] Fuel Co" is in the background.
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Demolition of Smokestack

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Description: Demolition of a smokestack. The stack is falling into a pile of rubble not far from the road.
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Grain Ship from Shoreline

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Description: View from shoreline of a grain ship on the Kinnickinnic River. There are industrial buildings in the background.

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