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| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of Watertown near the Empire Mill, later known as the Globe. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the dam across the Rock River near the Empire Mills. A man holding a fishing rod is standing in the foreground on the left. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A dam stretching acrossed the Rock River near the Empire mills, later the Globe mills. |
| Date: | 04 1926 |
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| Description: | Old stone mill, with a smaller wooden addition on the left. Water is passing through the flume. |
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| Description: | View of the Rock River. Two men stand before a dam and, beyond them, a woman stands on a bridge. Downtown buildings are visible in the background. |
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| Description: | View of the Rough and Ready Dam, a concrete electrical dam built in 1907. Men accompany a group of boys on the far bank of the river. One boy swims near th... |
| Date: | 04 29 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the Globe Milling Company, built in 1848, and the Lewis Factory on the Rock River. In the distance is a dam, bridge, and barbershop. |
| Date: | 04 1900 |
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| Description: | Men standing on either side of the river, fishing near the rough and ready dam. In the background is the Octagon House, built in 1854. |
| Date: | 01 07 1922 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Dam and Electric Power Plant, Watertown, Wis." The Watertown Electric Company Power Plant #1 was built in 1909 of cream brick. Rollin... |
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