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| Date: | 08 06 1914 |
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| Description: | Rear view of company photographer setting up shot of IHC's McCormick Works docks from across the waterfront. Two men are in a long wooden boat, with the na... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across canal of the McCormick Reaper Works, rail yard, and surrounding buildings. After 1902, the factory became International Harvester's Mc... |
| Date: | 09 14 1963 |
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| Description: | The Marathon Paper Corporation plant along the historic Fox River canal. |
| Date: | 09 29 1963 |
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| Description: | The Menasha Woodenware plant and water tower on Doty Island from across the Fox River canal, with a small railroad dolly in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | A view of a house beside the canal, from the south side. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | The Portage Canal between the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, from the highway 51 crossing near the center of the city. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Steamboats docked in the Portage Canal, which was hand dug beginning in 1849 and completed in 1851. There are industrial buildings on either side of the ca... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down Portage Canal, with trees and open land on either side. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A view of the canal locks on the Fox River. The Indian Agency House is in the background on a hill. |
| Date: | 11 01 1916 |
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| Description: | Pavilion at Kosciusko Park lagoon at W. Lincoln Avenue and S. 7th Street. A rowboat is floating in the lagoon. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of tugboat pulling a steamer caked in ice in a canal. Steam is rising from the water and an open drawbridge can be seen in the background. On... |
| Date: | 08 05 1962 |
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| Description: | Mr. Ortel, a United States Government lock-keeper at Appleton lock number one on the Fox River canal. Mr. Ortel is opening the sluice gates to allow water ... |
| Date: | 08 05 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Riverside Paper Corporation mill. On the left is a road along a river, and on the right are railroad tracks along the mill. A sign in the ... |
| Date: | 09 30 1963 |
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| Description: | View of a canal running between the Neenah Paper Company and the J.W. Hewitt Machine Company. |
| Date: | 08 03 1962 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Guard Lock on the Fox River Canal, looking east from the Highway 55 bridge. |
| Date: | 08 04 1962 |
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| Description: | A boat travels up the Fox River. In the background are a canal and locks and factory smokestacks. |
| Date: | 08 04 1962 |
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| Description: | A boat in the Fox River Canal, headed up river. This particular lock, the Ripide Croche Lock, is located just north of Wrightstown. |
| Date: | 09 29 1963 |
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| Description: | View across water of a railroad bridge along the side of a strip of industrial buildings. Railroad cars are stopped in front of the buildings. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a dredging barge on a canal. Several large rocks are scattered in the foreground. |
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| Description: | A view down the tree and bush lined Morris Canal with a steel bridge spanning the canal in the background. |
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