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| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Map reads, "Map of the Western States". Published by Ensign & Thayer. There is a decorative vine border, and in each corner there is an engraving of four c... |
| Date: | 1839 |
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| Description: | Map of a canal route to avoid the principal rapids of the Neenah or Fox River between Lake Winnebago and Green Bay. |
| Date: | 08 02 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of several men in a long trench digging Grant's canal on the Mississippi River opposite Vicksburg. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Canal with several ships, mostly small steam-engine cargo ships. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two ships at the end of the canal, several buildings, a small lumberyard, and snow. Three other ships are visible down the canal. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from a building of a canal in the city, with a boat on the canal. A bridge is also visible. |
| Date: | 1837 |
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| Description: | Map of the proposed route of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Lock and dam system on a canal along the Mississippi River. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of tugboat pulling a steamer caked in ice in a canal. Steam is rising from the water and an open drawbridge can be seen in the background. On... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Republican Campaign Ticket issued in Dane County, Wisconsin. Heading the slate are James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. Near the bottom of the ticket... |
| Date: | 01 10 1942 |
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| Description: | S.S. Robert M. La Follette splashing into the Industrial Canal at its launch. |
| Date: | 08 05 1962 |
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| Description: | Mr. Ortel, a United States Government lock-keeper at Appleton lock number one on the Fox River canal. Mr. Ortel is opening the sluice gates to allow water ... |
| Date: | 08 05 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Riverside Paper Corporation mill. On the left is a road along a river, and on the right are railroad tracks along the mill. A sign in the ... |
| Date: | 09 30 1963 |
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| Description: | View of a canal running between the Neenah Paper Company and the J.W. Hewitt Machine Company. |
| Date: | 08 03 1962 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Guard Lock on the Fox River Canal, looking east from the Highway 55 bridge. |
| Date: | 08 04 1962 |
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| Description: | A boat travels up the Fox River. In the background are a canal and locks and factory smokestacks. |
| Date: | 08 04 1962 |
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| Description: | A boat in the Fox River Canal, headed up river. This particular lock, the Ripide Croche Lock, is located just north of Wrightstown. |
| Date: | 09 29 1963 |
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| Description: | View across water of a railroad bridge along the side of a strip of industrial buildings. Railroad cars are stopped in front of the buildings. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a dredging barge on a canal. Several large rocks are scattered in the foreground. |
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| Description: | A view down the tree and bush lined Morris Canal with a steel bridge spanning the canal in the background. |
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