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Photographer: Unknown, from Souvenir History of Knoxville by William M. Goodman (1908)
Taken: Circa 1908
Caption: William J. Oliver (1867-1925)
Additional Description: Besides building railroads, the industrialist also owned a machine works in Knoxville that made artillery shells during World War and initially won the contract to build the Panama Canal.
Submitted: October 24, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p617937
File Size: 0.131 Megabytes

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