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Bruemmer's (or Brummer's) Dam and Pond

Date: 1905
Description: View from dam looking down river. A large building is in the background. Caption reads: "Looking Over Brummer's Dam, Algoma, Wis."
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Milwaukee River Dam

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of dam on river. A bridge is in the background. Houses are on top of the hill on the right side. Caption reads: "The Dam, Milwaukee River."
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Milwaukee River Dam

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of dam with a bridge further up the river. Buildings are along the shoreline and on top of the hill on the right. Caption reads: "Scene Above...
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The Lower Dam

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Description: View across the lower dam and bridges near the far shoreline along the Fox River. A tall building is in the background on the right. Caption reads: "The Lo...
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Lower Dam

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Description: View across the lower dam on the Fox River. Bridges are near the far shoreline, and a tall building is in the distance on the right. Caption reads: "Lower ...
Print

Ship Canal, Sault St. Marie

Date: 1873
Description: Engraved image of a lock and dam at Sault St. Marie. Two men are operating the sluice as ships are waiting on the opposite side of the lock. Another man is...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

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Description: This map shows the township and range system, sections, dam locations, railroads, roads, selected buildings, and lakes and streams in Sawyer County, Wiscon...
Map or Atlas

Waukesha County

Date: 02 1956
Description: This 1956 map of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, dams, airports, par...
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Some of the Manufacturing Industries of Beaver Dam

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Description: View of three factories; Upper Woolen Mill, Empire Rolling Mill, and Mallable Iron Co. Caption reads: "Some of the Manufacturing Industries of Beaver Dam."
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The Dam at Darlington

Date: 1910
Description: View across top of the Pecatonica River dam towards the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "The Dam at Darlington, Wis."
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Old Mill and Race at Delafield

Date: 1910
Description: Colored postcard view of the old mill, stream and a dam. Caption reads: "Old Mill and Race, Near Milwaukee, Wis. At Delafield."
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Night Scene at the Dam

Date: 1910
Description: Color postcard view from shoreline looking towards of the dam on the Crawfish River. Buildings are on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Night Scene a...
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"Glen Lock" at Irvine Park

Date: 1950
Description: Color postcard aerial view. Caption reads: "'Glen Lock' at Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin." Caption on back reads: "This view from Irvine Park show...
Map or Atlas

Lands to Be Overflowed By Dam on Chippewa River, in the Vicinity of Lac Court Oreilles Indian Reservation

Date: 1910
Description: This blue print map shows original lakes, area to be covered by Chippewa Flowage (flow-lines for contours 1310 and 1315), dam sites, roads, and buildings.
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Rock River Wagon Bridge and Dam, at Monteray

Date: 1907
Description: Color illustration of a bridge over a dam on the Rock River. Caption reads: "Rock River Wagon Bridge and Dam, at Monteray, Janesville, Wis."
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Fishing at Dam on Rock River

Date: 1912
Description: A group of boys are fishing on the river bank beside a dam. Buildings are on the far bank. Caption reads: "Fishing at Dam on Rock River, Jefferson, Wis."
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Kekoskee, Wis.

Date: 1909
Description: View of Kekoskee from across the Rock River. Caption reads: "Kekoskee, Wis."
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Red Cedar Dam

Date: 1908
Description: Dam on the Red Cedar River. Caption reads: "Red Cedar Dam, Menomonie, Wis."
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The Dam

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "The Dam, Ripon, Wis." Water spills over the Ripon Dam, on Silver Creek, with the Ripon Pond in the background. Dwellings and a buildi...
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High Bridge

Date: 11 28 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "High Bridge, Baraboo, Wis." A truss bridge over the Baraboo River with a spillway underneath. The shorelines are wooded and buildings...

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