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| Description: | A view of a group of men wearing long overcoats and hats, standing on rough ground. Two men in the center are shaking hands, and a few others are holding s... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Official opening of the sixty-six foot Peterboro hydraulic lift lock, built in 1904 on the Trent Canal. People gather in boats and along the shore to celeb... |
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| Description: | Profile view of the sixty-six foot Peterboro hydraulic lift lock, built in 1904 on the Trent Canal. People gather on the top of the lock. The lift lock is ... |
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| Description: | View of Masonic Park featuring the Erie Canal and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, dedicated in 1909. The Empire House can be seen at left, constructed i... |
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| Description: | View of the side of a barge owned by the Pluswood company on the Fox River Canal. The boat is seen through the trees on the lawn of the Charles A. Grignon ... |
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| Description: | View across water of the dredge "Winneconne" on the Fox River canal. Although undated the photograph was probably taken during the 1940s. The "Winneconne"... |
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| Description: | Skinner's Satin Mills stands alongside the Second Level Canal. The mill was founded in 1848. |
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| Description: | The William Skinner and Sons Silk Mill, founded in 1848, stands along the left bank of a canal. A bridge crosses the water in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a boat being towed through a canal at Little Falls by a team of horses. A small town is in the background. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a lock and dam at Sault St. Marie. Two men are operating the sluice as ships are waiting on the opposite side of the lock. Another man is... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View looking down towards shoreline of troops on board a paddle boat on a canal. The boat flies an American flag. Other people stand on the shoreline and o... |
| Date: | 01 06 1958 |
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| Description: | View from jetty out towards Lake Michigan entrance to Ship Canal. A large tank, streetlamp and buildings are on the left. On the opposite jetty is a lighth... |
| Date: | 01 06 1958 |
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| Description: | View of the Ship Canal from the Coast Guard station. There are pieces of machinery on the right, and a line of trees on the left. There is snow on the grou... |
| Date: | 01 06 1958 |
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| Description: | View from snowy shoreline of Mooring Basin at bay end of Ship Canal. The boat moored in the foreground is named "Allie." It is tethered to a post on the sh... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of excursion boat docked in a wooded area. From left to right: Mary ??, Elizabeth Layton, Grace Hayman, Henry Wallis (owner of the Fren... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | One-page tea room menu from the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition. At the top is an illustration of a gondolier steering a couple in a c... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the George Whiting Paper Mill on the Lawson Canal. |
| Date: | 07 1966 |
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| Description: | View across canal towards the back of the Portage Hosiery. Reeds and trees are along the edge of the canal. Red and pink colored liquid is floating on the ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Postcard with two images. The top text reads: "Interstate Bridge, connecting Superior, Wis. and Duluth, Minn." The bottom text reads: "Superior Entry and S... |
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