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| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | "Three views in a short space show the peaceful appearance of what is now a busy paper mills center. The first, a double lock around which the village of C... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | "....The third view was twelve miles farther up the river [from De Pere], at Rapid Croche, on the border of the present Brown and Outagamie counties. It is... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | " . . . At Grand Chute stood the young settlement of Appleton. Although only a few years old, it already boasted a college, named, as was the village itsel... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | ". . . At De Pere they stopped on the west shore for a broad sketch of the dwellings clustered on both sides of the river. The distant dam, the mills, ware... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A boy holds a stick while standing on a wood plank of the dam. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Beaver Canning Company of Randolph, Wisconsin, packers of peas and sweet corn, with three beavers perched on a branch overhanging the wat... |
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| Description: | Huron Smith standing next to a motorcycle with a sidecar on a highway 12 bridge in Black River Falls. A dam across the Black River Flowage can be seen in t... |
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| Description: | Seven men posed sitting and standing on a log dam a hundred yards north of a railroad bridge crossing the Black River. Remnants of each end still exist. |
| Date: | 04 1900 |
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| Description: | Men standing on either side of the river, fishing near the rough and ready dam. In the background is the Octagon House, built in 1854. |
| Date: | 03 1990 |
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| Description: | "A huge build-up of foam occurred below the dam on the Rock River." |
| Date: | 11 28 1992 |
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| Description: | "This dam was constructed in 1917. Costs were funded by voluntary contributions totaling $206. Those who did not contribute were expected to donate their... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | International trucks perform heavy-duty jobs on the construction site of the Bonneville Dam. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the river dam and what is probably the powerhouse. Trees and bushes line the riverbank in the foreground. In the background on the left is... |
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| Description: | View from railroad tracks towards industrial activity on the edge of the river, possibly building a dam. |
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| Description: | Men working on the foundation of a building, possibly laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline across river at flood stage, with water pouring over the dam on the right. On the far shoreline are buildings of the town. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Sunlight shining through a cloud, illuminating the water below. "Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across water of men working to construct a brush dam about seven miles north of Cassville. There are two groups of well-dressed people, who appear to ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of hydroelectric plants on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Water Power - Looking West. Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 02 1956 |
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| Description: | This 1956 map of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, dams, airports, par... |
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