Photograph
Burkhardt Mill
| A dam and small mill building on the Willow River. The plant, built by Christian Burkhardt as part of the Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Company, operated from 1892 until 1914 and transmitted electricity over a power line for one mile to a flour mill. It was one of the earliest plants with a transmission line. |
| Image ID: | 66539 |
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| Creation Date: | before 1918 |
| Creator Name: | Cole, Harry Elsworth, 1861-1928 |
| City: | Burkhardt |
| County: | St. Croix |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Harry Ellsworth Cole papers, 1837-1929 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 287 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 Inches |
| This image was published in the Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1918), opp. p. 80. |
| Commercial buildings |
| Trees |
| Flour mills |
| Outdoor photography |
| Electric power |
| Dams |
| Rivers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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