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| Description: | Elevated view of Wilson Dam under construction. Three large cranes are on the dam over the Tennessee River. |
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| Description: | The Holcomb[e] or Little Falls Dam on the Chippewa River, with rocky shoreline in foreground. |
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| Description: | View from hill looking down on a group of log cabins inhabited by "dam tenders" on the shore of the icebound Chippewa River. A logging dam in is in the rig... |
| Date: | 06 13 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Sugar River. Elevated view of buildings and trees lining the shoreline. Two men can be seen standing next to the dam among a p... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Variety of buildings reflected in Teal Lake. A wooden rowboat is tied to a pier on the lake. The Teal River is rushing over a nearby dam and along the dirt... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the Decatur Dam. The shoreline and trees are visible in the background. Text at the top reads: "Decatur Dam, Brodhead, Wis." |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Men fishing out of wooden rowboats on the Turtle flowage near the Turtle Dam on the Flambeau River. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Group of people gathered on and near the Turtle Dam of the Flambeau River. View from the Turtle Flowage side of the dam. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View from bridge towards a tall smokestack standing on the left side of the Yahara River where it is flowing out of Lake Mendota. Remnants of the foundatio... |
| Date: | 07 13 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view toward the dam. The shoreline is lined with trees, and there are buildings near the dam on the right Caption reads: "Albany, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated view across dirt road of a paper mill on the shore of the Chippewa River next to a concrete dam. The mill has a tall smokestack. On the far shorel... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | View of the wreckage of wooden structures lying on the shoreline of a river after a flood. A dam across the river has been partially washed away. A man is ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from steep shoreline of dam in Chippewa Falls. |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard of a river view of the Fox River as it runs through the city of Burlington. In the foreground is a railroad bridge. Just behind th... |
| Date: | 09 02 1908 |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard of the Mill Dam. The water is running over the dam from the left and becoming rapids on the right. There is a wooded shoreline on ... |
| Date: | 10 02 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view looking up at twelve workers wearing hats posing on top of the Dells Dam on the Wolf River. Water is flowing through the dam at ... |
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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: | View across the lower dam and bridges near the far shoreline along the Fox River. A tall building is in the background on the right. Caption reads: "The Lo... |
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| Description: | View across the lower dam on the Fox River. Bridges are near the far shoreline, and a tall building is in the distance on the right. Caption reads: "Lower ... |
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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 ... |
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