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The G.W. Hill with its Gangplank Lowered

Date: 1922
Description: The sternwheel packet, G.W. Hill, docked with its gangplank lowered and no one on deck. Later named Island Maid. There is a bridge in the bac...
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Atlas Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View across water towards the Atlas Mill. The paper making mill on the Fox River was built in 1878 and proved that paper could be made efficiently from gro...
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Electric Light & Power Company

Date: 1922
Description: Appleton Wisconsin Electric Light and Power Plant, 1922. Switchboard equipment of the plant, which began operating in September of 1822, is at the State Hi...
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Electric Light Plant

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view across water of a stone building next to an earthen dam on the La Crosse River. There is an archway on the side of the building at the river ...
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Great Northern Paper Company Dam

Date: 1922
Description: Semi-panoramic view of rapids, water pouring near the dam of the Great Northern Paper Company.
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Flood Damage

Date: 1922
Description: View along steep shoreline towards people among the rubble near buildings at the top of the bank on the left. The river is on the right. Location identifie...
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Elevated View of Chaseburg

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view of Chaseburg and the surrounding landscape, with a river and bluffs in the background. Caption reads: "Chaseburg, Wis."
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Niagara Paper Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View across water towards the Niagara Paper Mill.
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Kimberly Paper Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View across water, rushing over a dam, towards the Kimberly Paper Mill.
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Neenah Paper Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View across water from railroad bridge towards the Neenah paper mill.

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