Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Dams
Filter: Type of Postcard
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of the Red Cedar Dam and power plants. Caption reads: "Menomonie, Wis. Bird's Eye View, Water Power and Plants." |
| Date: | 07 28 1921 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Paper Mill, Rhinelander, Wis." View of the Rhinelander Paper Mill looking up the outflow of the dam on the Wisconsin River that power... |
| Date: | 09 18 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Paper Mill Dam, Rhinelander, Wis." View of the outflow of the Rhinelander Paper Mill dam, on the Wisconsin River, that powers the mil... |
| Date: | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Parfrey's Mill and Dam. Richland Ctr. Wis." A grist mill, dam and millpond on the Pine River. More buildings are behind the mill. The... |
| Date: | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front, at the foot: "Wisconsin." The color image of Hyde's Mill has an overlay of a map of the southwest corner of Wisconsin inside a red frame. Th... |
| Date: | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Dam, Ripon, Wis." Water spills over the Ripon Dam, on Silver Creek, with the Ripon Pond in the background. Dwellings and a buildi... |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Power-House and Pumping Station. River Falls, Wis." A hydroelectric station on the Kinnickinnic River. Today there are two dams and p... |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Mill Race & Dam, Rome, Wis." The dam that creates Rome Pond on the Bark River. Buildings can be seen on the horizon. |
| Date: | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man is walking across a narrow suspension bridge over a spillway or dam. A typewritten note on the reverse reads: "Honey Creek, West of Sauk City, Many S... |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Power House at the Dam." Elevated view of the powerhouse, which is a very large brick and concrete structure next to the Prairie du S... |
| Date: | 09 14 1922 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "On the Wisconsin." Wooded islands on the Wisconsin River as seen from the shore. The opposite shoreline is in the background. The pow... |
| Date: | 11 28 1908 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "High Bridge, Baraboo, Wis." A truss bridge over the Baraboo River with a spillway underneath. The shorelines are wooded and buildings... |
| Date: | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Brooks & Ross Sawmill & Dam, Schofield, Wis. 1909." The dam and millpond with the sawmill behind it. There are multiple buildings wit... |
| Date: | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on the front reads: "Wolf River Paper & Fiber Co., Shawano, Wis." Industrial buildings with a millpond in the foreground. The mill was founded in 1894... |
| Date: | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of a dam, bridge over the river and part of the town with many trees. Caption reads: "The Dam, on the Apple River - Somerset, Wis." |
| Date: | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spooner, Wis." Text on reverse: "Looking north on this aerial view one can see the State Fish Hatchery in the foregrou... |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Beautiful Dam at Taliesin, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loyd Wright. Spring Green, Wisconsin." The pond at Taliesin, the home of Fran... |
| Date: | 09 14 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Mill Dam, Stoughton, Wis." Elevated view towards the dam with trees and shrubs on the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Trempealeau Wis. on the Great River Road overlooking Lock & Dam No. 6 on the Upper Mississippi." On reverse: "Lock & Dam No. 6, one o... |
| Date: | 08 12 1915 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Dam, Vesper, Wis." The privately owned dam was built on the Hemlock Creek River in 1944 for recreational purposes. Buildings are beyo... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: