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Dam at Dells Pond

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Description: Front view of dam and waterfall at Dells Pond. There is a building on the left of the dam. People are fishing from a boat on the pond.
Postcard

View of River below Dam

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "River View below the Dam."
Postcard

Beloit Dam and Power Plant

Date: 1905
Description: View of the dam and power plant over the river, with smokestacks in the background. Caption reads: "The Dam, Beloit, Wis."
Print

Flour Mills and Dam in Columbus

Date: 1910
Description: Flour mills and dam.
Photograph

Bridge and Dam

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Description: Bridge and dam, with buildings on the far shoreline.
Photograph

View up the Eau Claire River

Date: 1900
Description: View up the Eau Claire River from the Dewey Street Bridge. The view shows the dam and linen mill and the site of the lower sawmill (called the "steam mill"...
Postcard

Dam in Elroy

Date: 1908
Description: View from shoreline toward the lower part of a dam. Caption reads: "Dam in Elroy, Wis."
Postcard

View looking Southwest from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator

Date: 1876
Description: Elevated view of Fort Howard taken from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with the dam and river. A tugboat is in the river above the dam. Caption reads: "View o...
Postcard

Mill on a River

Date: 1914
Description: View of a mill on the bank of a river, and an adjacent dam. Caption at bottom reads: "Scene At Picturesque Friendship, Wis."
Photograph

Genoa Dam

Date: 1953
Description: View across fields towards the Genoa Dam on the Mississippi River. Tree-covered hills are on the left.
Photograph

Dresbach Dam

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the Dresbach Dam.
Postcard

Island Paper Mill and Dam

Date: 1905
Description: The Island Paper Mill and dam in Menasha. Caption reads: "Paper Mill, Menasha, Wis."
Photograph

Menasha Dam and Fox River

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Description: View from the south end of the dam looking north.
Postcard

Power Plant on the Red Cedar River

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the dam and power plant on the Red Cedar River. Caption reads: "Menominie, Wis. Bird's Eye View, Water Power and Plants."
Photograph

Horlick's Mill and Dam

Date: 1906
Description: View of Horlick's mill and dam, also known as "Ye Old Mill."
Photograph

Racine Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a bridge in Racine next to the "Ye Old Horlick's Boat Livery".
Photograph

Dam, Wisconsin River

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Castle Rock Dam on the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Peavy Falls Group, Menominee Indians

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Description: "Peavy Falls Group" of men and boys posed on bank of river. There is a man in a canoe in the river, and a footbridge in the background.
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Franklin Mills

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Description: The Franklin Yextile Mills and T Steven's Company seen from the Winnehesauke River. View includes the factory dam, a smokestack and tall factory buildings.
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1897
Description: This 1897 map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, dams, bridges, Indian r...

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