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Spearing Sturgeon at the Dam #23

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Description: Spearing sturgeon at the dam in Kilbourn. There is a man with a sturgeon on a spear in the foreground, and another man with a spear is in the background. A...
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Skillet Creek Dam

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Description: Elevated view of dam at Pewit's Nest on Skillet Creek.
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Mirror Lake Dam

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Description: View upriver towards dam. Buildings on shoreline at left. Sign on roof reads: "Mirror Lake Boats."
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Raftsman's Series No. 1431: Running the Kilbourn Dam. Seen From Shore

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of Jim Short steering a raft riding the rough waters of the river.
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Mirror Lake Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Mirror Lake Mill with bridge in foreground. Two women are standing on the bridge looking down at the river.
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Raft Over Dam at Munger's Mill

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Description: Several men on a raft going over the dam at Munger's Mill. There is a railroad bridge in the background.
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Raft over Dam at Munger's Mill

Date: 08 24 1886
Description: View across water of several men steering a lumber raft over the dam at Munger's Mill. A second raft is in the background, in front of railroad bridge.
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Below Kilbourn Dam

Date: 1890
Description: Below Kilbourn log dam, 1890s. Two girls are standing on the edge of the river. There is a bridge in the background.
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Kilbourn Dam, High Water

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Description: Kilbourn Dam, high water.
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Kilbourn Dam, Building Forebox

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Description: Elevated view of Kilbourn Dam, building forebox.
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Dam and Bridge

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Description: Dam and bridge near Chippewa Falls, looking across the river towards a few buildings on the opposite bank. Caption at bottom reads: "View of the Dam at Chi...
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming. Men are working with cranes near a tent with a chimney spewing out smoke.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
Postcard

Dam in Two Rivers

Date: 1900
Description: View of a dam surrounded by autumnal trees. An industrial building is on the right. The scene is Shoto Falls, in the Town of Shoto, near Two Rivers. Captio...
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Mill Dam on Dell Creek

Date: 1930
Description: View of the mill dam on Dell Creek that creates Mirror Lake in Mirror Lake State Park (although the photograph was taken before the site was designated as ...
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Building a Dam

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of men in the midst of dam construction.
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St. Louis River

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Description: Elevated view of the St. Louis River flowing through a rocky gorge, spanned by a bridge in thr foreground and flowing over a dam in the background.
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Thompson Dam

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Description: A downriver view of Great Northern Electric Company's Thompson Dam. In the foreground are rocky shallow falls.
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Completed Dam

Date: 1906
Description: View across water of a completed dam.
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Timme Mill

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of the Timme Mill and dam on Dell Creek at Mirror Lake. There is a large building with cupola, probably a granary, on the hill behind the mi...

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