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Yahara River
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View down dirt road towards a tall smokestack near the Yahara River bridge where the river flows into Lake Mendota. The smokestack is the remainder of Leonard Farwell's Madison Mills, built in 1850. Tenney Park Locks were later located there.
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Yahara River Dam
View across the Yahara River towards a tall smokestack on the opposite shoreline, with Lake Mendota in the background. Remnants of the foundation and supports of what had been Farwell's Madison Mil...
The Malt House and Yahara River Bridge
View across lawn and the Yahara River towards the Hausmann Brewing Company's Malt House in the center background. On the right is the Yahara River bridge. On the left on the opposite riverbank is a...
The Locks, Tenney Park and Lake Mendota
circa 1910-1919
View of the locks at Tenney Park where Lake Mendota meets the Yahara River. A boat with five people is passing through the canal. Caption reads: "The Locks, Tenney Park and Lake Mendota, Madison, W...
Yahara River Spillway at Lake Mendota
View across pond towards three boys standing on the board walkway of the spillway at Lake Mendota and the Yahara River. In the background is the far shoreline.
Farwell's Madison Mills
circa 1870-1879
Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
Yahara River Mill
1850
A grist mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill, called Farwell's Madison Mills was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. The original mill burned down in 1873. A horse and wa...
