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Black River Near the Powerhouse

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Description: View from shoreline towards three men posing standing on wooden pilings next to a torrent of surging water of a river. There is a bridge over the river in ...
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Train Derailment

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a large group of people standing near the wreck of a train. Railroad cars have fallen over to the left of the tracks. Two...
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C.L. MacDonald's Water Tank for Cattle

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Description: View of a large water tank for cattle. Identified as the water tank owned by C.L. MacDonald.
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C.L. MacDonald's Water Tank for Cattle

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Description: View of a large water tank for cattle. Identified as the water tank owned by C.L. MacDonald.
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Hatfield Powerhouse; Interior

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Description: Indoor view of machines in a large brick building with large windows. Identified as the interior of the powerhouse on the Hatfield canal.
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Construction Shacks in Hatfield

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Description: View across water towards a line of small wooden buildings, with front porches, on raised foundations. Identified as construction shacks for the Hatfield D...
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Construction of the Powerhouse in Hatfield

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Description: Outdoor view of the construction of a large building on top of a dam. Location identified as the construction of the powerhouse on the canal in Hatfield.
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Powerhouse in Hatfield

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Description: Outdoor view across snow-covered ground towards a large brick building surrounded. There is a hill in the background. Location identified as the powerhouse...
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Quarry Laborers

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Description: Group portrait of men posing standing near and on a rock face with shovels and pickaxes. Behind them are shrubs and trees on a hill, with a power line at t...
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Van Schaick/Krohn Building

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Description: View across sidewalk toward a two-story brick building downtown, identified as 13 South First Street, the Van Schaick/Krohn building, also known as buildin...
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Winter Scene

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Description: Exterior portrait of men chopping wood on a snow covered-ground with several town structures in the background. The small building in the center was the po...
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Generator at the Powerhouse

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Description: View looking down at machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse, showing the generator.
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Fishing at the Third Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse, with town buildings in the background and men fishing along the shoreline. Identified as the third powerhouse bu...
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Second Powerhouse with High Water

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards a powerhouse among very high water on the Black River. Identified as the second power house with high water in 1905.
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Powerhouse Generator

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Description: Indoor view of machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse, showing the generator.
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Powerhouse Generator

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Description: View looking down at machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse, showing the generator.
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Horse on First Street

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Description: Outdoor view of a European American man posing standing on the left holding the reins of a horse. He is displaying the horse on the snow-covered street in ...
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Man at the Powerhouse

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man posing standing in front of wooden and brick structures. He is holding a hat in his right hand and a coat draped over his left ar...
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Meters in the Powerhouse

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Description: Interior view ofm machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse.
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Man and Machinery in the Powerhouse

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Description: View of a man working near a large piece of belt-driven machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse.

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