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View of Wausau, Wisconsin
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Elevated view taken from the extreme end of Clark's Saw and Planing Mill. An old flour mill can be seen behind the bridge, and to the extreme right are three small stores. One is a tobacco store owned by Joe Habeck. There are rock footings for three piers of the C. & N.W. R.R. bridge. In the foreground are lumber rafts whose destination eventually will be St. Louis, Mo.
1866
Harrington, M. M.
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Clark's Saw and Planing Mill
1880
Clark's Saw and Planing Mill in the right foreground which is now the site of the electric plant. Behind Clark's is Plummers Mill where the Vocational School now stands. To the extreme left is Boli...
Alexander Stewart Lumber Company
1905
Elevated view toward the lumber company. A bridge over a river is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Looking South from City Hall Tower, Wausau, Wis."
Marathon Paper Mills
1915
Elevated view of the Marathon Paper Mills from across the river. Caption reads: "Scene at the Marathon Paper Mills, Wausau, Wis."
Scott Street Bridge
October 18, 1968
View looking north under Wausau's Scott Street (also State Highway H 29 and Business 51) Bridge, with a railroad bridge in the foreground and the warehouse of the Cereal Mills Company.
Wausau Paper Mills
Elevated view of the Wausau paper mills, with smokestacks in the center, and trees and water in the foreground.
