Property Record
RIVER RD 7 MI NW FROM STATE HIGHWAY 87 AT AT. CROIX FALLS
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | NEVERS DAM |
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| Other Name: | NEVERS DAM SITE |
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| Reference Number: | 21489 |
| Location (Address): | RIVER RD 7 MI NW FROM STATE HIGHWAY 87 AT AT. CROIX FALLS |
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| County: | Polk |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Eureka |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 35 |
| Range: | 19 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 9 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | |
| Historic Use: | dam |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 1955 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DAM TO CONTROL LOG FLOW INTO ST. CROIX DALLES AREA. LARGEST PILE DRIVEN DAM IN WORLD AT TIME OF BUILDING LAST LOG WENT THROUGH IN 1912. APPROACHES TO 624 FT BRIDGE WHICH SPANNED DAM TOP ARE VISIBLE SEE FITTING 1976 ST. CROIX NSR ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY P85MANY B |
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| Bibliographic References: | FITTING "ST. CROIX NSR ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY" P85 (1976) VEZINA,ROSEMARIE "NEVERS DAM" (STANDARD PRESS 1965) |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |