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Tree Sections at Sawmill

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Description: Man posing standing among tree sections on a sawmill floor.
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McKenna Mill

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Description: Lumberyard full of logs and a sawmill in the distance, probably McKenna in eastern Jackson County.
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Second Powerhouse

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Description: View across snowy ground towards a river powerhouse. Identified as the second powerhouse.
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Second Powerhouse

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Description: View across snowy yard towards a river powerhouse surrounded by snow. Identified as the second powerhouse.
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Generator at the Powerhouse

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Description: View looking down at machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse, showing the generator.
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Meters in the Powerhouse

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Description: Interior view ofm machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse.
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Lumberyard with Town in Background

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Description: A view of the lumberyard with the town in the background.
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Lumber Operation

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Description: View from hill of lumber operation, with stacks of timber and a sawmill in operation, probably McKenna in eastern Jackson County.
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Flood Damage

Date: 1911
Description: View across river of buildings along the river's edge. Identified as probably Melrose or Northbend, not Black River Falls. Probably from the flood of 1911.
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Sled at Spaulding Manufacturing

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Description: Sled runners on the grass. Location identified as the Spaulding Manufacturing yard. Part of a building and what may be a loading dock is in the background.
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Dirt Road

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Description: Rutted, dirt road running along railroad tracks toward a small wooden building. In the far background is a cluster of houses.
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Furniture Store Interior

Date: 1895
Description: Interior of a furniture store, with two men posed among the rows of furniture. A group of chairs hangs from the ceiling.
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McKenna Mill

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men, children and horses posed standing in front of a sawmill, probably a mill located in McKenna.
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Men Holding Pipes

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Description: Three men posed standing against a fence holding pipes in a yard. In the background is a river clogged with floating logs floating. Several wooden building...
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York Iron Works

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Description: View across river of York Iron Works. On the hill are the boardinghouse and dance hall. Just below the boardinghouse there appears to be a quarry.
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Second Powerhouse with High Water

Date: 1905
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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York Iron Mine and Boarding House

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Description: View across water towards a brick building behind a group of trees along the shoreline. Identified as the York iron mine and boarding house.
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Black River Falls Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Man in the interior of the Black River Falls powerhouse.
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Flood of 1911

Date: 1911
Description: View across river of several collapsing buildings on the edge of flooded river banks, during the flood.
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Nick Nelson Furniture Store

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Description: View from street of the Nick Nelson Furniture Store, with a man posed sitting on the steps. A rocking chair sits in the middle of the stoop in the open doo...

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