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Highway department workers with a steam drill in the Town of De Kalb

Highway department workers with a steam drill in the Town of De Kalb

Four highway department workers with a steam drill. Circa 1900-1910. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photo taken by Myrtle Penny Rice, donated by Naomi Rice.

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