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Sawmill in Porterville
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The sawmill of Gilbert E. Porter and Delos R. Moon was located on the Chippewa River approximately three miles southwest of the city of Eau Claire. In 1873 the concern's name was changed to the North Western Lumber Company. At its peak the NWLC employed 700 men, including those who worked at the firm's other mill in Stanley, Wisconsin. By 1892, the two mills had a combined yearly output of 60 million board feet of lumber.
1880
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View up the Eau Claire River
1900
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"), which had recently burned down and can ...
Eau Claire Lumber Company
1880
View of a lumber mill and logs floating on a river, which is spanned by a bridge. The mill has a sign that reads: "Cash for Wheat - Eau Claire City Mill." Caption reads: "Eau Claire Lumber Company ...
Paper Mills
1900
Colorized view of the paper mills on the Eau Claire River at night, with the moon in the cloudy sky in the background. There is a dam on the river in the foreground. Caption reads: "Paper Mills, Ea...
City of Eau Claire, Wis.
circa 1889
This map of Eau Claire shows the city limits, streets, railroads, street railways, ferry, mills, schools, cemeteries, dams, parks, lumber yards, log canals, log reservoir, Chippewa River, Eau Clair...
