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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from hill looking down towards the Fox river. Caption reads: "Fox River Water Power, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the White Wagon Works and Rock Mills. Caption reads: "White Wagon Works and Rock Mills, Sheboygan Falls, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View upriver towards a dam, and a power house on the right. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill toward the building which has two large smokestacks. The Lake Michigan shoreline is on the left. In front is a landscaped area with... |
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| Description: | Small wooden building with water wheel, presumably a mill. |
| Date: | 09 17 1961 |
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| Description: | A small, stone house with a miniature water wheel. Caption on negative jacket reads, "Miniature water wheel which generates electricity to light the reside... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the mill, dam, and railroad tracks, and forests surrounding the area. The lumber mill itself, with main building complex and smokestack is... |
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| Description: | View of a dam, with industrial buildings on the opposite shoreline. A factory building has a sign that reads: "Home of Old Hampshire Bond," and "Hampshire ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View across river of an "old mill." There is a waterwheel attached to the left side of the mill. A small waterfall and a number of trees and foliage surrou... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the H. Mooers Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a steam and hot water heating supplier, with a pipe and valve, the name of the company printed... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of National Blower Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturers of "Steam Hot Blast Apparatus." On the left is an Uncle Sam figure pointing to a... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the power plant and dam on the Wisconsin River. Two workers are walking near the center. On the opposite shoreline are fields and tree-cov... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the water works, smokestack and water tower. People are lounging under the trees in front. Caption reads: "Water Works, Beloit, ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard of an elevated view of the power station next to the river. A bridge is in the background. Caption reads: "Power Station, B... |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down at men working on a high brick foundation on the river, with a railroad bridge in the background. Identified as the laying of the... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down a hill towards a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings on a hill in the background. Identified as the second powerhouse th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings in the background. Identified as the second powerhouse that was replaced in 191... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse, with town buildings in the background and men fishing along the shoreline. Identified as the third powerhouse bu... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a powerhouse among very high water on the Black River. Identified as the second power house with high water in 1905. |
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