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Looking East at the Upstream Side of Power House and Dam

Date: 08 19 1915
Description: Elevated view of the completed power house and dam, looking east at the north, or upstream, side of the structure. On the far shore, the site of the gravel...
Photograph

Power Shovel or Crane Near Large Trench

Date: 1929
Description: International dump truck and a power shovel or crane next to a large trench or quarry. There is a building in the background. The sign on the shovel reads:...
Photograph

Interior of West Shore Coffer Dam

Date: 07 16 1912
Description: Workers posing inside the coffer dam. The narrow gauge railroad is behind them. One of the pile drivers is in the background. A bare area on the bluff in t...
Photograph

Rock Quarry on Blackhawk Bluff

Date: 06 13 1913
Description: A view, from the west, of the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. Gravel from the quarry was used in concrete for the construction of the power plant and dam.
Photograph

Conveyor at Roth Gravel Pit

Date: 02 16 1931
Description: Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. conveyor belt loading gravel into hopper which is filling a C.E. & P.A. Roth truck at their gravel pit, 1910 Roth Street ne...
Photograph

Montello Granite Quarry

Date: 1908
Description: A view of the Montello granite quarry with Montello Lake in the background. The sign in the foreground reads, "J.T. Barrett Pays Highest Prices for Furs, M...
Photograph

Rock Crusher

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Description: A man stands outside the rock crusher at the Wisconsin Granite Company quarry. To the right, railroad tracks span the side of the building.
Photograph

Quarry

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Description: View looking down at wooden structures at the bottom of a quarry. A barn is in the background at the top of the quarry.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Montello

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye view of Montello, county seat of Marquette County. The granite quarry, woolen mill, and planing mill are clearly identified. A steamboat on Buf...
Print

Cohn & Robertson Granite Mfg. Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Cohn & Robertson Granite Manufacturing Company of Granite Heights and Wausau, Wisconsin, with a view of workers loading a C.M.&St.P. rail...
Photograph

Construction of Railroad

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Description: Group of men at the construction of a railroad branch line among piles of stones. Railroad ties placed on the ground are visible on the platform in the bac...
Photograph

York Iron Works

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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.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Montello

Date: 09 19 1909
Description: Sanborn Map of Montello, Page 1.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Montello

Date: 09 19 1909
Description: Sanborn Map of Montello, Page 2.
Photograph

Lime Kiln

Date: 1915
Description: The lime kiln, at right, at Toft Point. Crushed limestone from the nearby quarry was heated in the kiln to make whitewash. Evergreen trees and birches form...
Map or Atlas

Travel Map of Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: This map of Door County, Wisconsin, from the early 20th century shows roads, schools, churches, creameries and cheese factories, orchards, docks, quarries,...
Map or Atlas

Map of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin

Date: 1862
Description: This map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, roads, railroads, cemeteries, churches, schools, mills, and stone quarries. "Engraved, p...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Lakes & Drives in the Vicinity of Oconomowoc & Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1887
Description: This late 19th century map shows the lake region around Oconomowoc in Waukesha County and eastern Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Cities and villages, roads, ...
Photograph

Rockwell Lime Quarry

Date: 1924
Description: View from low section of quarry towards the processing plant up a steep rise. Tracks for hauling limestone are on the left near small sheds and a marshy ar...
Postcard

View of Quarry from Cemetery

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Description: Partially colorized view looking down at a quarry. On the other side of the quarry is the town of Berlin, with dwellings and commercial buildings. Caption ...

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