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Petenwell Dam

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Highway 21 bridge and Petenwell Dam on the Wisconsin River.
Map or Atlas

Between 69 & 49 miles below Portage, Sheet 4

Date: 1875
Description: One of a set of maps from G.K. Warren's 1876 Report on the transportation route along the Wisconsin and Fox rivers in the State of Wisconsin between the Mi...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin River Improvements, Upper Improved Section : from Portage to Dam no. 8.1872, a Distance of 12 miles Showing Dams and Shore Protections Built

Date: 11 30 1882
Description: This 1882 manuscript map shows the improvements to a 12-mile stretch of the Wisconsin River below Portage, in Columbia County, Wisconsin. Recent improvemen...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin River Headwaters Reservoir System

Date: 2013
Description: This map shows hydroelectric dams, natural-lake and man-made reservoirs, the Wisconsin River and its tributaries, and the Wisconsin River Drainage Basin. T...
Postcard

Aeroplane View of Power House and Dam

Date: 1924
Description: Illustration based on an aerial photograph of a powerhouse and dam on the Wisconsin River. A railroad bridge is upriver. The city of Kilbourn (now Wisconsi...
Postcard

Dam and Power House from Up Stream

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view of the dam and power house from across the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "Dam and Power House from Up Stream, Kilbourne [sic], Wis...
Postcard

Rhinelander Paper Mill

Date: 07 28 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "Paper Mill, Rhinelander, Wis." View of the Rhinelander Paper Mill looking up the outflow of the dam on the Wisconsin River that power...
Postcard

Rhinelander Paper Mill Dam

Date: 09 18 1925
Description: Text on front reads: "Paper Mill Dam, Rhinelander, Wis." View of the outflow of the Rhinelander Paper Mill dam, on the Wisconsin River, that powers the mil...
Postcard

Sawmill & Dam

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Brooks & Ross Sawmill & Dam, Schofield, Wis. 1909." The dam and millpond with the sawmill behind it. There are multiple buildings wit...
Postcard

Bird's-eye View of Riverview Service Group

Date: 1935
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's-eye View of Riverview Service Group, Looking East, At The Dells, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin." On reverse: "All the world knows...
Postcard

Electric Power Plant

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "'On the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.' Electric Power Plant, Kilbourn, Wis." Completed in 1909, the power plant is still in ...
Postcard

Power House

Date: 1918
Description: Text on front reads: "Power House, Kilbourn, Wis." A brick building with arched windows. Completed in 1909, the power plant is still in use today.

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