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Raft Over Dam at Munger's Mill

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Description: Several men on a raft going over the dam at Munger's Mill. There is a railroad bridge in the background.
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Town of Moscow From Cornfield

Date: 1875
Description: View, through a cornfield, of people, a store, a sawmill and wagons. Moscow was platted in 1850 by an Englishman, Chauncy Smith, who dammed the Bluemound ...
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Rockdale Mill

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Rockdale mill, a grist and sawmill built in 1847 by Thomas and Nathan Van Horn. A group of people are standing on a sidewalk or loading dock on...
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Hull Mill

Date: 1880
Description: View across water towards the Hull mill (right), showing Merlin Hull's ancestral home at left.
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Farwell's Madison Mills

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Description: Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
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Rock River at Watertown

Date: 1860
Description: View of the Rock River with a train on a railroad bridge in the foreground, and the town in the distance. Pedestrians are walking along a path on the left ...
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Mill Dam on Dell Creek

Date: 1930
Description: View of the mill dam on Dell Creek that creates Mirror Lake in Mirror Lake State Park (although the photograph was taken before the site was designated as ...
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Munger's Mill and Dam

Date: 1895
Description: Munger's Mill and dam, with men standing on and around the dam.
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Grist Mill

Date: 1950
Description: Grist mill. Two people with bicycles on bridge near mill.
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Mill During Flood

Date: 10 13 1911
Description: Elevated view of a mill during a flood, with a man standing on the left between a bridge and the mill. A house is on the side of a tree-covered hill on the...
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Group of People near Waterfall

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Description: Group of four men and a girl standing on the opposite shoreline by the falls, with probably the Charter Oak Mill on the right on Squaw Creek.
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Mill on Yahara River

Date: 1890
Description: View towards the mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. A man is standing on the bridge wi...
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Field Mill

Date: 1938
Description: Field mill powered by an International PD-40 power unit. The power unit was owned by Walter Brown; a bridge and a body of water are to the right of the bui...
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International PD-40 at Mill

Date: 1938
Description: International PD-40 power unit in use at a mill owned by Asa Shait & Son Milling Company. A waterfall is in the background near the mill.
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The Mill at La Valle

Date: 1924
Description: The dam and four-story wooden mill on the Baraboo River. A bridge crosses the river on the left. There are houses and commercial buildings in the backgrou...
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Timme Mill

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of the Timme Mill and dam on Dell Creek at Mirror Lake. There is a large building with cupola, probably a granary, on the hill behind the mi...
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Cold Stone Mill

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Description: Waterside view of mill buildings including diverted water stream.
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The Mill at New Ashford

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Description: View from below of the mill at New Ashford with the waterfall below. Caption reads: "Mill at New Ashford from Williamstown, Mass."
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"Ye Auld Grist Mill"

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Description: Elevated view of "Ye Auld Grist Mill," a house with a mill in a pastoral Cape Cod setting.
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Mills with Waterfall

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Description: A view of a grist mill and sawmill with a waterfall between them. Caption reads: "Grist and Saw Mill."

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