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Cornish Pumping Engine at Chapin Mine
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View of a large piece of equipment. Caption reads: "Cornish Pumping Engine at Chapin Mine, 54 feet high." The Chapin Mine Cornish Pumping Engine was built by the E. P. Allis Company from Milwaukee.
Reinholt, O. H.
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WHi 152939
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