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| Description: | Elevated view of the dam and the power plant. A railroad bridge is in the upper left. Three smokestacks are in the background. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Co., built in 1914. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of dam and power station on a river. Two automobiles are parked in a lot in the lower left corner. Bluffs are in the distance. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Second Street and surrounding area during a flood of the Ohio River. Some buildings are submerged up to their roof lines and the street re... |
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| Description: | Panoramic street view, with small groups of people scattered about, and standing on the sidewalks near buildings lining the unpaved street. On the sides of... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of hydroelectric plants on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Water Power - Looking West. Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water of a stone building next to an earthen dam on the La Crosse River. There is an archway on the side of the building at the river ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down a hill towards a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings on a hill in the background. Identified as the second powerhouse th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings in the background. Identified as the second powerhouse that was replaced in 191... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse, with town buildings in the background and men fishing along the shoreline. Identified as the third powerhouse bu... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a powerhouse among very high water on the Black River. Identified as the second power house with high water in 1905. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View upriver towards the Rush River Dam. A man is standing on a rock in the middle of the river just below the dam; another man is sitting next to the powe... |
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| Description: | Elevated view over trees towards the Fox River. A dam is creating a reservoir for hydroelectric power. Former paper mills are on the left shore of the rive... |
| Date: | 01 07 1922 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Dam and Electric Power Plant, Watertown, Wis." The Watertown Electric Company Power Plant #1 was built in 1909 of cream brick. Rollin... |
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