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An aerial view of the work at the South Western Avenue construction site near 32nd Street in Chicago shows a completed underpass and construction of the streets running underneath.Beneath Photo: "G. L. 19285. Contract #82432. Great Lakes Dredge &…

Cars drive beneath the new underpass for South Western Avenue and South Western Boulevard near 32nd Street in Chicago. Beneath photo: "G. L. #19285. Contract #82432. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company."

An aerial view shows the completed underpass and roads at the South Western Avenue construction site near 32nd Street in Chicago. Beneath Photo: "G. L. #19285. Contract #82432. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company."

A street level view highlights the art deco design features under the completed subway at South Western Avenue and South Western Boulevard near 32nd Street in Chicago. Beneath Photo: "G. L. #19285. Contract #82432. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock…

A street-level photograph shows the completed underpass at South Western Avenue and South Western Boulevard near 32nd Street in Chicago. Beneath Photo: "G. L. #19285. Contract #82432. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company."

Workers stand in front of a Model 250 belonging to the New Enterprise Coal Company in the Illinois-Iowa area.

Workers stand next to a train stopping along the tracks at a strip mine operated by the New Enterprise Coal Company in the Illinois-Iowa area.

A man operates a X-71 drifter equipped with a SM-3 air motor in a granite quarry owned by the Rock of Ages Corporation of Barre, Vermont.

Men drill and broach a channel at Beaver Dam Marble Company of Baltimore, Maryland, while a train car carrying marble sits above the quarry.

Miners stand on a mass of granite supporting a large derrick at the J. K. Pirie Estate Quarry in Barre, Vermont.

Men perform excavation work at Midtown Hudson Tunnel, more commonly known today as the Lincoln Tunnel. Construction of this tunnel began in 1934, funded by the New Deal's Public Work's Administration, and opened on December 22, 1937.

Men use equipment purchased by the Pendleton Construction Company to work on the new Skyline Drive. Skyline Drive is located along the Blue Ridge Mountains in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Men operate a drill while working on the New York Central Railroad north of Garrison, New York.

Several men line drill with jackhammers while creating the foundations for Radio City Music Hall.

A man operates a jackhammer while line drilling a sidewall of the foundation at Radio City Music Hall.

Construction workers drill line holes using S-68 jackhammers with air being supplied by portable compressors while creating the foundation at Radio City Music Hall.

Jackhammers line drill a sidewall during excavation for the Radio City Music Hall building's foundation.

A group of men work on the side of Mount Rushmore while sitting on suspended swings during construction.

Men stand on top of George Washington's head at Mount Rushmore during construction. Construction equipment is seen on top of Washington's and Thomas Jefferson's heads.

A donkey and several men work along the tracks at a strip mine run by the New Enterprise Coal Company in the Illinois-Iowa area.

A small building houses a battery of gas fired boilers at an oil pumping station in Bridgeport, Illinois.

Oil-funded prosperity in Bridgeport, Illinois, provided funding in the late 1800s for the construction of a new Bridgeport High School building.

One of three new bank buildings erected in Bridgeport during the late 1800s due to the city's success in the oil industry.

Several operational oil drilling rigs sit in a large field.

Snow covers oil wells in Bridgeport, Illinois.