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Wisconsin River improvement, upper improved section : from Portage to dam no. 8.1872, a distance of 12 miles showing dams and shore protections
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This 1882 manuscript map shows the improvements to a 12-mile stretch of the Wisconsin River below Portage, in Columbia County, Wisconsin. Recent improvements are shown in red.
November 30, 1882
Hinman, Frederick A. (cartographer)
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W014AZ1
WHi 97901
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