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1908
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Motor squad wagon
Fire fighting equipment; Fire fighters
Caption: "Used for all emergency services in the saving of life and property. Responds to all fires with all regular fire equipment. Carries pulmotor, acetylene cutting device and all heavy tools for extricating...
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Draughting department
Railroads; Factories
Draughting department for Chicago location of the Chicago Railway Equipment Company.
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Tool department
Railroads; Factories
Tool department for Chicago Railway Equipment Company.
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Brake beam department
Railroads; Factories
Caption: "Brake Beam Department--North". The Chicago Railway Equipment Company was established in 1887, and in its first twenty years of operation it produced and sold over six million brake beams. (Source:...
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Brake beam department
Railroads; Factories
Caption: "Brake Beam Department--South". The Chicago Railway Equipment Company was established in 1887, and in its first twenty years of operation it produced and sold over six million brake beams. (Source:...
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General views, looking S.W. and west
Railroads; Factories
Views of Chicago Railway Equipment Co. plant in Marion, Indiana.
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Auto pumping engine
Fire engines; Fire stations; Fire fighters
Caption: "Averages 750 gallons per minute. This style of fire equipment replaces horsedrawn apparatus. It is so designed that the hose wagon and pump are combined in the same apparatus, which eliminates...
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John P. Ahrens, E. B. Leigh and E. T. Walker
Railroads; Factories; Business people
Caption: "John P. Ahrens, Vice President; E. B. Leigh, President and General Manager; E. T. Walker, Secretary and Treasurer".
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Board of directors
Railroads; Factories; Business people
Caption: "Board of Directors: E. L. Adreon, John P. Ahrens, Jesse A. Baldwin, E. B. Leigh, F. P. Hays, C. S. Gleed, Albert Blair".
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Chicago general offices
Railroads; Factories
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Shop No. 2
Railroads; Factories
Caption: "N. E. Corner Shop No. 2."
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Shop No. 1
Railroads; Factories
Caption: "Section of Shop No. 1".
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Assembling department
Railroads; Factories
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Power room
Railroads; Factories
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Forge department
Railroads; Factories
Photograph is included in section on company's Detroit facility.
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Bolt and rivet department
Railroads; Factories
Photograph is included in section on company's Detroit facility.
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Bolster department
Railroads; Factories
Caption: "Bolster Dep't Hydraulic Press Multiple Punch". Photograph is included in section on company's Detroit facility.
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Bird's-eye view
Railroads; Factories
Photograph is included in section on company's Jersey City facility.
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Solid beam department
Railroads; Factories
Photograph is included in section on company's Jersey City facility.
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Assembling department
Railroads; Factories
Photograph is included in section on company's Jersey City facility.
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