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Power Dam

Date: 1925
Description: View from shoreline of a dam constructed of concrete and wood. On the other shoreline are houses and other wood outbuildings.
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Old Mill Site

Date: 1895
Description: View from bridge towards a tall smokestack standing on the left side of the Yahara River where it is flowing out of Lake Mendota. Remnants of the foundatio...
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New Dam

Date: 1913
Description: View of the newly constructed dam from across a reservoir. There is a building on stilts in the left foreground, and buildings in the background behind the...
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Work on Tenney Park Lock and Dam

Date: 01 08 1959
Description: Work on the new Tenney Park lock and dam is progressing on schedule. A temporary spillway (not shown) has been built to divert the Yahara River from the co...
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Yahara River Dam

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Description: View across the Yahara River towards a tall smokestack on the opposite shoreline, with Lake Mendota in the background. Remnants of the foundation and suppo...
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Yahara River Spillway at Lake Mendota

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Description: View across pond towards three boys standing on the board walkway of the spillway at Lake Mendota and the Yahara River. In the background is the far shorel...
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Fishing in the Mill Stream

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of a man standing on a bank on the right, and two boys standing on a log on the left, are fishing in the mill stream below an old mill. Two b...
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The Mill Dam

Date: 09 14 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "The Mill Dam, Stoughton, Wis." Elevated view towards the dam with trees and shrubs on the shoreline.

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