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Map or Atlas

Perspective Map of Beloit

Date: 1890
Description: Bird's-eye map of Beloit with insets of Williams Engine Works, Eclipse Wind Engine Co., and John Foster & Co. Turtle Creek is in the lower section, and the...
Map or Atlas

Janesville, Wis. Looking Down the River

Date: 1877
Description: Bird's-eye map of Janesville on the Rock River.
Photograph

Bridge over the Rock River

Date: 
Description: View of the bridge over water, with a building behind it.
Postcard

Rock River

Date: 1905
Description: View of the Rock River with the Northwestern Railroad Bridge in the foreground and Beloit in the background. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View of River, Belo...
Photograph

View along the Rock River

Date: 1900
Description: Oval-framed view of the industrial area along the Rock River.
Postcard

Bird's-Eye of Beloit

Date: 1905
Description: View towards river. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View, Beloit, Wis."
Photograph

Rock River

Date: 1905
Description: Wagon bridge and dam on the Rock River at Monteray.
Postcard

Fourth Avenue Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: The Fourth Avenue bridge above the dam. Caption reads: "Steamboat Landing at 4th Ave. Bridge Above the Dam, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

Milwaukee Street in Janesville

Date: 1865
Description: Milwaukee Street looking west. In the foreground is a dog standing on a bridge. Signs on a building on the right read: "Furniture" and "Valley Chief Reaper...
Photograph

East Milwaukee Street in Janesville

Date: 1870
Description: View from along right side of bridge of Milwaukee Street looking east in Janesville. The Myers House is located at the top of the hill. There is a sign for...
Postcard

View of Janesville

Date: 
Description: View across river and bridges towards Janesville. Caption reads: "Greetings from Janesville, Wis., U. S. A." Text at bottom reads: "Panorama."
Photograph

Turtle Creek Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Turtle Creek Bridge.
Photograph

Interstate Construction, Rock County

Date: 1959
Description: Interstate construction at the Colley Road and I-90 overpass in Rock County. The contractor is Shappert Engineering Company.
Photograph

Bass Creek Bridge Construction

Date: 1948
Description: Pouring concrete for footings on the Bass Creek Bridge on County Highway D in Rock County. The contractor is Luety Brothers.
Photograph

Janesville's Milwaukee Street looking east from the Bridge

Date: 1919
Description: Street scene with pedestrians near Milwaukee Street bridge. The Hotel Myers is in the background. The Lappin-Hayes Block is seen to the right of the Myer...
Photograph

Janesville's Rock River with Water Tower

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Rock River, with a large smokestack and water tower on the left. Richard Lloyd Jones was born in Janesville in 1873 and lived there u...
Photograph

Railroad Bridge Removal

Date: 1885
Description: Partial removal of railroad bridge over Rock River. A train is on a section not being removed in order to transport men and materials.
Photograph

Beloit, Wisc. Upper Bridge

Date: 
Description: East facing view from the Upper Bridge, featuring the Beloit water tower in the distance.
Photograph

Merry Go Round

Date: 1932
Description: Children pose on a merry-go-round (carousel) in the Edgerton Public Park. The rear wall of a church forms the background, and there appears to be a bridge ...
Postcard

Upper Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard view from riverbank of the Upper Bridge crossing the Rock River into Beloit. A man is in a rowboat in the foreground. In the background ...

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