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![[Dupont powder wagon carrying powder to Commodore Perry at Lake Erie]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvZHVwb250LXBvd2Rlci13YWdvbi1jYXJyeWluZy1wb3dkZXItdG8tY29tbW9kb3JlLXBlcnJ5LWF0LWxha2UtZXJpZS02NDAuanBn/320/249/jpg "[Dupont powder wagon carrying powder to Commodore Perry at Lake Erie]")
![[Military vehicle?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvbWlsaXRhcnktdmVoaWNsZS0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[Military vehicle?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
![[Hanovertown Ferry, Virginia Pontoon bridges across the Pamunkey, with wagons]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvaGFub3ZlcnRvd24tZmVycnktdmEtcG9udG9vbi1icmlkZ2VzLWFjcm9zcy10aGUtcGFtdW5rZXktd2l0aC13YWdvbnMtMS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Hanovertown Ferry, Virginia Pontoon bridges across the Pamunkey, with wagons]")
![Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e., Hulett] unloaders at the Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore docks](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvY2xldmVsYW5kLW9oaW8tdW5sb2FkaW5nLWEtbGFrZS1mcmVpZ2h0ZXItYnktbWVhbnMtb2YtaGV3bGV0dC1pZS1odWxldHQtdW5sb2FkZXJzLTYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e., Hulett] unloaders at the Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore docks")
![[Cannon commemorating Perry's victory, Battle of Lake Erie, probably Ohio]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvY2Fubm9uLWNvbW1lbW9yYXRpbmctcGVycnlzLXZpY3RvcnktYmF0dGxlLW9mLWxha2UtZXJpZS1wcm9iYWJseS1vaGlvLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[Cannon commemorating Perry's victory, Battle of Lake Erie, probably Ohio]")
![Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading iron ore from a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e., Hulett] unloaders at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvY2xldmVsYW5kLW9oaW8tdW5sb2FkaW5nLWlyb24tb3JlLWZyb20tYS1sYWtlLWZyZWlnaHRlci1ieS1tZWFucy1vZi1oZXdsZXR0LTgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/41/webp "Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading iron ore from a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e., Hulett] unloaders at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks")
![Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading iron ore from a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e., Hulett] unloaders at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvY2xldmVsYW5kLW9oaW8tdW5sb2FkaW5nLWlyb24tb3JlLWZyb20tYS1sYWtlLWZyZWlnaHRlci1ieS1tZWFucy1vZi1oZXdsZXR0LTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/42/webp "Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading iron ore from a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e., Hulett] unloaders at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks")
![Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading iron ore from a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e., Hulett] unloaders at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvY2xldmVsYW5kLW9oaW8tdW5sb2FkaW5nLWlyb24tb3JlLWZyb20tYS1sYWtlLWZyZWlnaHRlci1ieS1tZWFucy1vZi1oZXdsZXR0LTEzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/41/webp "Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading iron ore from a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e., Hulett] unloaders at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks")
