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Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive repair shops of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad

Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive repair shops of the Chicago and Northwes...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Additional information on caption card: Copied from a Kodachrome transparency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United ... More

Chicago, Illinois. Workmen on the repair tracks on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad coming out of their lunch room

Chicago, Illinois. Workmen on the repair tracks on the Chicago and Nor...

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Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Reaching a speed of sixty-three miles per hour, the train speeds across northern Illinois

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brakeman standing with a flag, waiting for a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad fast passenger train to go by so that his train can get on the main line in Illinois

Brakeman standing with a flag, waiting for a Chicago and Northwestern ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Rear brakeman Clarence Averill

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

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Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. As the train goes through a small town, the conductor exchanges high signs with a switch tender

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Chicago, Illinois. At a meeting of the Albert Keep Lodge Number 364 of the International Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Northwestern Railroad Local. The lodge has been organized since 1890 and has 150 members on the records. Four hundred dollars were taken out of the lodge treasury for the purchase of war bonds

West Chicago, Illinois. At a meeting of the Albert Keep Lodge Number 3...

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Freight trains operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Clutching his bills, Conductor Wolfsmith hops off the caboose as the train passes the yard office on its way into the receiving yard

Freight trains operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad bet...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northw...

Significance: The original leaching plant (now the south end of the building) was constructed in 1915 and went into production the next year. The first four leaching tanks could process 300 tons of ore per day... More

Poplar Grove Road Bridge, Spanning Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Lebanon, Dodge County, WI

Poplar Grove Road Bridge, Spanning Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Le...

Significance: The Poplar Grove Road Bridge utilizes a single span, two lane, Warren Double-Intersection pony truss. Erected in 1883 by the Alden and Lassig Bridge and Iron Works of Chicago for the Chicago & Nor... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwes...

Significance: The Machine Shop was erected in 1916 as part of the general expansion of the Kennecott facilities that took place between 1915 and 1918. Over time, the Machine Shop was expanded to include additi... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper Riv...

Significance: The Store and Warehouse building was built in 1917, along with several other additions to Kennecott Company Town. The concentration of functions in the new building reflected the continued growth ... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper Riv...

Significance: The Store and Warehouse building was built in 1917, along with several other additions to Kennecott Company Town. The concentration of functions in the new building reflected the continued growth ... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Defends actions. Washington, D.C., March 16. J.J. Pelley, President of American Railroads, denied before the Senate Rail Finance Inquiry today charges of Fred Sargent, President of the Northwestern Railroad, that the Association had used unfair tactics in "squeezing" the trunk line railroads of the middle west. Pelley told the committee his association afforded [...] cooperation to all the railroads, 3/1/38

Defends actions. Washington, D.C., March 16. J.J. Pelley, President of...

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Chicago, Illinois. A general view of one of the classifications yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad

Chicago, Illinois. A general view of one of the classifications yards ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Snow covered farms spread out on both sides of the tracks, as the train speeds toward Iowa

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

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Freight train operations on the Chicago an Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. In the engineer's cab, after the train has arrived at Clinton and the engine is being taken over to the roundhouse. Note that the key has been put back into the automatic train control mechanism

Freight train operations on the Chicago an Northwestern Railroad betwe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Clinton, Iowa. Women wipers of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad going out to work on an engine at the roundhouse

Clinton, Iowa. Women wipers of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad g...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man walking in the snow. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man walking in the snow. Office of War In...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northw...

Significance: The original leaching plant (now the south end of the building) was constructed in 1915 and went into production the next year. The first four leaching tanks could process 300 tons of ore per day... More

Scofield Road Bridge, Spanning Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Lebanon, Dodge County, WI

Scofield Road Bridge, Spanning Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Lebano...

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Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper Riv...

Significance: The Store and Warehouse building was built in 1917, along with several other additions to Kennecott Company Town. The concentration of functions in the new building reflected the continued growth ... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper Riv...

Significance: The Store and Warehouse building was built in 1917, along with several other additions to Kennecott Company Town. The concentration of functions in the new building reflected the continued growth ... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Chicago, Illinois. One of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad "Challenger" engineer (right) at the coaling station

Chicago, Illinois. One of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad "Chall...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Locomotive repair shops of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.

Locomotive repair shops of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.

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Chicago, Illinois. One of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad at night. The light streaks are caused by lantern of men going in and out of the yard office

Chicago, Illinois. One of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Ra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Chicago, Illinois. Mr. W.M. Hoag, president, opens the meeting of the west Chicago Lodge of the International Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen (Northwestern Railroad local)

West Chicago, Illinois. Mr. W.M. Hoag, president, opens the meeting of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rear brakeman inspects train and releases all handbrakes before train pulls out of Proviso yard for Clinton, Iowa (on a trip aboard a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad (C&NWRR) freight train)

Rear brakeman inspects train and releases all handbrakes before train ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The train rounds a long curve on its way back from Clinton

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kennecott Copper Corporation, NPS Interpretation Building, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, NPS Interpretation Building, On Copper R...

Survey number: HAER AK-1-P National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78003420

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Recreation Hall, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Recreation Hall, On Copper River & North...

Survey number: HAER AK-1-J National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78003420

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwes...

Significance: The Machine Shop was erected in 1916 as part of the general expansion of the Kennecott facilities that took place between 1915 and 1918. Over time, the Machine Shop was expanded to include additi... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwes...

Significance: The Machine Shop was erected in 1916 as part of the general expansion of the Kennecott facilities that took place between 1915 and 1918. Over time, the Machine Shop was expanded to include additi... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwes...

Significance: The Machine Shop was erected in 1916 as part of the general expansion of the Kennecott facilities that took place between 1915 and 1918. Over time, the Machine Shop was expanded to include additi... More

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at Chicago & Northwestern Railroad tracks, Boone, Boone County, IA

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at ...

Significance: This bridge is one of the last projects of noted bridge engineer George Morison, who died two years after the structure was built. The bridge was the longest and heaviest viaduct of its time, and... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper Riv...

Significance: The Store and Warehouse building was built in 1917, along with several other additions to Kennecott Company Town. The concentration of functions in the new building reflected the continued growth ... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper Riv...

Significance: The Store and Warehouse building was built in 1917, along with several other additions to Kennecott Company Town. The concentration of functions in the new building reflected the continued growth ... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper Riv...

Significance: The Store and Warehouse building was built in 1917, along with several other additions to Kennecott Company Town. The concentration of functions in the new building reflected the continued growth ... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper Riv...

Significance: The Store and Warehouse building was built in 1917, along with several other additions to Kennecott Company Town. The concentration of functions in the new building reflected the continued growth ... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Concentration Mill, On Copper River & No...

Significance: The Concentration Mill was a dynamic, ever changing structure. Its form reflected the ever-increasing complexity of the ores mined at Kennecott. The building was first erected in 1908 as the low... More

Chicago, Illinois. One of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. On the right are three of the west coast Streamliners

Chicago, Illinois. One of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Ra...

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Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The train stops at DeKalb, Illinois for coal and water. The brakemen make an inspection of the train. Since their time is limited, they walk on the side opposite the wind so they smell any hot-boxes on the other side without having to walk both sides of the train

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

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Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Without stopping, the train goes through Geneva, Illinois

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

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Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northw...

Significance: The original leaching plant (now the south end of the building) was constructed in 1915 and went into production the next year. The first four leaching tanks could process 300 tons of ore per day... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwes...

Significance: The Machine Shop was erected in 1916 as part of the general expansion of the Kennecott facilities that took place between 1915 and 1918. Over time, the Machine Shop was expanded to include additi... More

Scofield Road Bridge, Spanning Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Lebanon, Dodge County, WI

Scofield Road Bridge, Spanning Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Lebano...

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Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at Chicago & Northwestern Railroad tracks, Boone, Boone County, IA

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at ...

Significance: This bridge is one of the last projects of noted bridge engineer George Morison, who died two years after the structure was built. The bridge was the longest and heaviest viaduct of its time, and... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Company Store & Warehouse, On Copper Riv...

Significance: The Store and Warehouse building was built in 1917, along with several other additions to Kennecott Company Town. The concentration of functions in the new building reflected the continued growth ... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...

Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More

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