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Flour and Grist Mill

Date: 1896
Description: Flour and grist mill built on Green Lake Prairie and later moved to Alto. It stood about 50 feet tall and 24 feet wide.
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Duncan Creek

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline of Duncan Creek, a dam, and a flour mill.
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Mills of J.A. Briggs

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Description: View of the flouring and carding mills of J.A. Briggs. Caption at botto reads: "Flouring and Carding Mills of J. A. Briggs Village of Briggsville Marqette ...
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Rockdale Mill

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Rockdale mill, a grist and sawmill built in 1847 by Thomas and Nathan Van Horn. A group of people are standing on a sidewalk or loading dock on...
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Knapp Stout and Co.

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Description: Panoramic view of the Knapp Stout and Co. flour mill, with a pond in the foreground. The mill was built in 1880 and was destroyed by a fire in 1911.
Print

Capital City Mills

Date: 1895
Description: A Capital City Mills advertisement from the 1894-1895 Madison City Directory.
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Farwell's Madison Mills

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Description: Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
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Reliance Flooring Mill

Date: 1879
Description: The Reliance Flooring Mill. Men are posing in front, and another man is on a horse-drawn vehicle near the loading dock. The mill building was physically mo...
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Scott Street Bridge

Date: 10 18 1968
Description: View looking north under Wausau's Scott Street (also State Highway H 29 and Business 51) Bridge, with a railroad bridge in the foreground and the warehouse...
Postcard

River Front and Listman's Mills

Date: 1920
Description: View across water toward the Mississippi River front showing Listman's Mills. Caption reads: "River Front and Listman's Mills, La Crosse, Wis."
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Lemonweir River Flour Mill

Date: 1885
Description: Lemonweir River flour mill built in 1852 and torn down in 1943. Mill and site were purchased in 1926 by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company for a power p...
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Zeeland Mills

Date: 1865
Description: Zeeland Mills, built in 1862 by John Verstegen. The flour mill was 36' x 50', four stories and had "two runs of stone." It was still operating in 1911.
Postcard

Bean and Palfrey Flour Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Bean and Palfrey flour mill. The sign on the building reads: "Waukau Mills". Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Waukau, Wis."
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Flour and Feed Store

Date: 1899
Description: The Smith M. Jacobs Flour and Feed Store (left) and residence (right), 301 and 303 Monroe Street. The address renumbered within the next five years to 1701...
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Davidson Feed Mill

Date: 1935
Description: Davidson Feed Mill near the Amnicon River.
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View of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: View of Sturgeon Bay with the Teweles & Brandeis flour mill across the water on the left.
Postcard

Thiensville Mills

Date: 1847
Description: An artists rendition of the western view of the Thiensville mills from the local tavern. Caption reads: "West View of Thiensville Mills from the Tavern."
Book or Pamphlet

Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1851
Description: Engraving of the five-story tall mill erected at the outlet of the Yahara Creek by Leonard J. Farwell. This engraving appears in Statistics of Dane County,...
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Horlick's Mill and Dam

Date: 1906
Description: View of Horlick's mill and dam, also known as "Ye Old Mill."
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Nagowicka Roller Mills

Date: 1920
Description: Nagowicka Roller Mills and mill race. Three people are standing on the opposite bank with the mill in the background.

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