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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Buildings in high flood water, and floating near the powerhouse spillway. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Town with logs overflowing the river into yards, probably the Ice Gorge of 1876. |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Bright's Grove, filled with broken trees and other debris. There are two buildings on the left behind the trees. Written text on the back... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across river of several collapsing buildings on the edge of flooded river banks, during the flood. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A panoramic view of Black River Falls flooded streets, possibly taken during the flood of 1911. Three men are standing on the sidewalk next to the "Tollack... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water of trees and wooden buildings submerged in water, probably during the 1911 (or 1905) flood of the Black River. |
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| Description: | Swollen river at flood time. Trees are across the river standing in the water. Buildings are on the far shoreline. |
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| Description: | View across river at flood stage towards buildings on the far shoreline. |
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| Description: | Elevated view across river at flood stage, with piles of logs and timber caught near rocks. A flooded small building is surrounded by water, and has an adv... |
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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: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Black River Falls at the beginning of the flood of 1911. Note the roof of the powerhouse in the water, and the Spaulding wagon shop on the... |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of two women posing standing on a wooden sidewalk near the water's edge. Behind them are two men in a long boat in the water among partial... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill towards a grove of trees in high water. Location identified as Bright's Grove. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View along steep shoreline towards people among the rubble near buildings at the top of the bank on the left. The river is on the right. Location identifie... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of a construction site, with wreckage in a ditch. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Bla... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View towards men standing among several large rocks, and a road made with logs. Identified as the lying of logs on the sand bar after the flood of Black Ri... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water towards wreckage along the shoreline below several buildings. Identified as the damage after the flood in Black River Falls in October 19... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View towards a construction site, with people walking on a dirt road, and others working at the site. Location identified as the reconstruction following t... |
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| Description: | View of a railway at a construction site, with wreckage on the left side and a bridge in the background. Identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a construction site, with wreckage behind a wooden wall. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 f... |
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