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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock - 1967

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, foot of Katherine Street. The firm was one division of the company founded in Chicago in 1890. They had plenty of work in Buffalo rebuilding docks for coal and steel companies. Photo by Paul Redding, 1967.

The landscape above was created from 3 photos.

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