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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View looking across the river east into Black River Falls during the flood, showing the elevated level of the river and buildings falling into the water. C... |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of group of men and boys fishing from rocks under a bridge, while others watch from above. Houses are in the far background on a hill.... |
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| Description: | A portrait of a woman holding an umbrella looking out from a low hill over a landscape towards a river. A settlement can be seen on the other side of the r... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across river of several collapsing buildings on the edge of flooded river banks, during the flood. |
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| Description: | A view across water towards a group of boys playing in and around the water near a shoreline. Many of the boys are barefoot. They are surrounded by wreckag... |
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| Description: | View across river of York Iron Works. On the hill are the boardinghouse and dance hall. Just below the boardinghouse there appears to be a quarry. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a log jam under a railroad bridge about half a mile from the Black River Falls Dam. On the opposite shoreline, men sit atop a fence.... |
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| Description: | Elevated view over buildings of men and women walking across a bridge over a high river. There is a railroad bridge in the background. |
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| Description: | Elevated view across river at flood stage, with piles of logs and timber caught near rocks. A flooded small building is surrounded by water, and has an adv... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline across river at flood stage, with water pouring over the dam on the right. On the far shoreline are buildings of the town. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline over river, with the buildings of town and a bridge on the opposite shoreline. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View upriver towards the dam, with Black River Falls on the opposite shoreline. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking across the dam in front. Black River Falls is on the opposite shoreline, with several wooden structures, including the power ho... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking across the churning water just below the dam. On the opposite shoreline is the town of Black River Falls, with several wooden s... |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of a man posing sitting on a concrete structure in the river. Identified as the bulkhead built in 1908 to control water to the power house. |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking across the Black River just north of the town, showing several wooden structures along the far shoreline, including the first power ho... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings in the background. Identified as the second powerhouse that was replaced in 191... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View looking towards men working on a construction site. Identified as the construction of the bulkhead for the powerhouse in 1908. There are men standing ... |
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