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| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | De Pere lock on the Fox River with a construction crew at work. This is the only wooden lock on the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Locks near De Pere, the only wooden pier on the Fox River. |
| Date: | 09 12 1911 |
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| Description: | An overview of the dam site on the Wisconsin River from the west shore. Three pile drivers are at work on the coffer dam. The railroad trestle is in the ... |
| Date: | 09 18 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of pile drivers at work on the coffer dam. Pilings are also floating within the confines of the dam. The shoreline can be seen in the backgro... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the south. The Fox River is in the foreground with the dam just visible in the lower right. The lock is seen in the center; the Montello... |
| Date: | 05 13 1914 |
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| Description: | A view upstream through the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. Workmen are guiding a barge through the lock as a man and woman are watching from steps in the ... |
| Date: | 10 11 1914 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east across the power house, lock, and uncompleted portion of the dam. The concrete plant is seen on the far bank. The rising water o... |
| Date: | 02 28 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view, looking east, of the power house, lock, and dam on the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 08 19 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 01 1913 |
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| Description: | Wooden forms are in place for construction of the walls of the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. The newly constructed power house is on the left. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Looking across water and through the locks to a shoreline with a large hill in the background. A building is on the left, a wall and pilings are in the wat... |
| Date: | 08 05 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Riverside Paper Corporation mill. On the left is a road along a river, and on the right are railroad tracks along the mill. A sign in the ... |
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| Description: | View along the right side of the third lock and draw bridge spanning the Fox River. Caption reads: "Third Lock and Draw Bridge, Appleton, Wis." |
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| Description: | Postcard of the government lock along the Fox River in Kimberly. A house and fence are along the shoreline to the left. Caption reads: "Government Lock at ... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | "The second view at the Kakalin, from the north side of the river, shows the first or guard lock in the foreground and beyond the dam the large frame build... |
| 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: | 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: | 1892 |
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| Description: | This map shows the dams and locks of the Fox River between Neenah, in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and Kaukauna, in Outagamie County. The cities and villag... |
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