Property Record
100 YARDS NW OF INTERSECTION OF MENOMONIE ST & CLAIREMONT
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Raceway for D. Shaw Lumber Co. |
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| Reference Number: | 41583 |
| Location (Address): | 100 YARDS NW OF INTERSECTION OF MENOMONIE ST & CLAIREMONT |
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| County: | Eau Claire |
| City: | Eau Claire |
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| Year Built: | 1869 |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | canal |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This raceway at the outlet of Half Moon Lake allowed logs stored in the lake to re-enter the river or to be diverted to the Shaw Company sawmill (see diagram - 1897 map). Daniel Shaw, Adin Randall, and Jotham Clark (Clark would later sell his portion of the canal company to C.A. Bullen, Shaw's brother-in-law) completed the first canal linking the Chippewa River with Half Moon Lake in c. 1858. Lacking sufficient capital to continue the project, the partners incorporated as the Half Moon Lake Canal Company in 1859. Within ten years, the remaining canal, located at the outlet of the lake, was completed at a total expense of $35,000. Following these improvements, Half Moon Lake was recognized as the second largest log reservoir in western Wisconsin. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) 1897 Sanborn-Perris Map. (B) Reynolds, A.R. 1957. The Daniel Shaw Lumber Company, p. 80. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |