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Portage Canal

Date: 1945
Description: An aerial view of the Portage Canal, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1910
Description: The Portage Canal at the Wisconsin River, showing the upper lock. Caption reads: "Upper Lock and Wisconsin River Portage Wis. No. 10". A group of people ar...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of the Portage Canal.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1962
Description: The Portage Canal between the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, from the highway 51 crossing near the center of the city.
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1945
Description: An elevated view of Portage and it's vicinity.
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Bridge, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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Description: View of the bridge spanning the Sturgeon Bay canal.
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Bridge, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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Description: View from the shoreline of a bridge spanning the Sturgeon Bay canal.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal and lock. The Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway pro...
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Lake Michigan Entrance to Ship Canal

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: View from jetty out towards Lake Michigan entrance to Ship Canal. A large tank, streetlamp and buildings are on the left. On the opposite jetty is a lighth...
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Lighthouse

Date: 03 1969
Description: The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Pierhead Lighthouse silhouetted against the sun shining through the clouds. Snow covers the pier, and ice is floating on the la...
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Canal Lighthouse, Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1953
Description: View across water towards the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse, with a group of people in a motorboat in the foreground.
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Old Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. View of Portage Canal in foreground. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox...
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Canal Locks

Date: 1935
Description: A close view of the canal locks.
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Canal Locks

Date: 1935
Description: A distant view of the canal locks.
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Ships in Canal

Date: 1905
Description: Canal with several ships, mostly small steam-engine cargo ships.
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Canal at Portage

Date: 1910
Description: View down the canal, with buildings along the shoreline, and a boat coming down the canal.
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Canal between Two Factories

Date: 09 30 1963
Description: View of a canal running between the Neenah Paper Company and the J.W. Hewitt Machine Company.
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Empire Mill

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view over canal towards the Empire Mill.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1910
Description: The Portage Canal, dug by hand in 1849 and completed in 1851. It was renovated by the Army Corps of Engineers after the Civil War.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1915
Description: The Portage canal looking east from the Canal Bridge. Boats are lines up along the shoreline on the left near a long building.

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