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| Description: | A freight train makes its way across a bridge over a dam on the Black River. |
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| Description: | Powerhouse for the city electric utility with a tail race below, a man standing on the left of the powerhouse, and a train in the left background |
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| Description: | One side of a concrete dam with a railroad bridge to the right, and houses in the background. |
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| Description: | Men building the post-flood business district dam. The flood of 1911 went around the Black River Falls Dam and washed out most of the business section of t... |
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| Description: | Men laying the foundation for the post-flood business district dam. |
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| Description: | Men constructing the post-flood business district dam using steam-powered machinery. |
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| Description: | Men constructing the framework of the Hatfield Powerhouse. |
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| Description: | A large group of boys stand and sit on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim to the oth... |
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| Description: | Men working around a small building near the construction site of a dam. Two men are standing on the roof. Houses and other buildings are on a hill in the ... |
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| Description: | Huron Smith standing next to a motorcycle with a sidecar on a highway 12 bridge in Black River Falls. A dam across the Black River Flowage can be seen in t... |
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| Description: | View from railroad tracks towards industrial activity on the edge of the river, possibly building a dam. |
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| Description: | Men working on the foundation of a building, possibly laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline across river at flood stage, with water pouring over the dam on the right. On the far shoreline are buildings of the town. |
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| Description: | Photographic collage of six views of Black River Falls, featuring the Grade School, High School, Bank, Main Street, a commercial business block and the da... |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of a woman posing standing near a child posing sitting on large rocks. In the background is a railroad bridge over the Black River, and a rive... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Exterior portrait of the dam in front of Black River Falls with the town in the background. The dam was reportedly constructed in 1906. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View upriver towards the dam in front, with the town of Black River Falls in the background on a hilly shoreline. There is a railroad bridge over the river... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of a group of people on the rock in front of the dam located in front of Black River Falls, with several structures in the background. The gat... |
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| Description: | Outdoor view across water towards water pouring trough the gate of a wooden log dam. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the dam in front of Black River Falls on the west end, with the railroad bridge and several wooden structures in the background. |
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