Crossing cases (CR), 1912-1919.

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Crossing cases (CR), 1912-1919.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173699377

Correspondence and memoranda relating to complaints about allegedly dangerous railroad crossings. The records contain detailed descriptions of crossings; protection needed; frequency of accidents; and photographs and blueprint drawings of accident scenes. Grand Rapids, Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Racine, and Waukesha are well represented.

1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes) and.186 photographs.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924993

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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