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Greetings from Viroqua

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Viroqua, Wis." On reverse: "U.S. Government Dam on the Mississippi River." A cargo barge is about to pass through lock...
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Lock and Dam No. 6

Date: 1936
Description: Text on front reads: "Trempealeau Wis. on the Great River Road overlooking Lock & Dam No. 6 on the Upper Mississippi." On reverse: "Lock & Dam No. 6, one o...
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Lock and Dam No. 11

Date: 05 21 1939
Description: Elevated view of the General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam No. 11, located on the Mississippi River between Dubuque, Iowa, and Grant County, Wisconsin. The Loc...
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Tenney Park Locks Activity

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Boaters and fishermen on the Yahara River moving into Lake Mendota just after the water reached exit level at the Tenney Park lock.
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Coal Dock

Date: 08 1940
Description: Elevated view of a coal barge pushed by a stern wheeled steamboat heading upstream from the Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 9 north of Prairie du Chien,...
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Tenney Park Lock Opening

Date: 08 22 1959
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen leads the parade of boats that opened the new Tenney Park lock on Saturday morning.
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Boat in Canal

Date: 08 04 1962
Description: A boat in the Fox River Canal, headed up river. This particular lock, the Ripide Croche Lock, is located just north of Wrightstown.
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Fox River Lock

Date: 08 03 1962
Description: Elevated view of the Guard Lock on the Fox River Canal, looking east from the Highway 55 bridge.
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Paper Mill

Date: 08 05 1962
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 ...
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Appleton Locks

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Description: Elevated view of a lock at Appleton, with views of mills and other structures in the background.
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Canal Locks

Date: 1935
Description: A distant view of the canal locks.
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Portage Canal and Lock

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Portage canal and lock, with the Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin ...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the canal locks of the Portage Canal. Men are standing at the edge of the locks on the right.
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Canal Locks

Date: 
Description: Men are standing at the Canal locks.
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Government Canal Locks

Date: 1910
Description: The government canal locks. Caption reads: "Government Canal Locks, Portage, Wis."
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Lock on The Yahara River

Date: 1939
Description: Several men pass through the locks at the Lake Mendota entrance to the Yahara River.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1929
Description: A view of the canal locks on the Fox River. The Indian Agency House is in the background on a hill.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal. In the immediate foreground is the Fox River, then the lower locks and the canal itself. The Indian Agency House may be seen t...
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Yahara River Lock

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Description: Elevated view of the Yahara River lock.
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Sherman Avenue Bridge and Lock

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Sherman Bridge and Lock and surrounding area on the Yahara River. Caption reads: "Sherman Avenue Bridge and Locks, Yahara River, Madison, Wis."

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