Photograph
Gordon Dam
| Aerial view, looking upstream, of water flowing through a dam. On the reverse of the print is written: "Dam built by WPA on site of old logging dam on the St. Croix near Gordon. A new lake more than seven miles in length will take the place of the one which disappeared when the old dam washed out." There are logs in the river above the dam and construction equipment and materials on the shore. |
| Image ID: | 132030 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1940 |
| Creator Name: | United States. Works Progress Administration |
| City: | Gordon |
| County: | Douglas |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin Conservation Department photographs and films, 1930-1957 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH Series 2375.2.1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 7 x 5 inches |
| The impoundment water above the dam is known as both the St. Croix Flowage and the Gordon Flowage. |
| Shorelines |
| Lakes |
| Reservoirs |
| Rivers |
| Dams |
| Building sites |
| Trees |
| Aerial photographs |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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