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Goodyear Mill

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men posing standing in front of a sawmill, probably the Goodyear Mill, three miles south of Saddle, or a mill located in ...
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York Iron Works

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Description: View down hill of York Iron Works. On the left are charcoal kilns, and in the far background is the town.
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace. On the hill is the boardinghouse and the dance hall. A man is working near the railroad cars, and other p...
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York Iron Works

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Description: View across river of York Iron Works. On the hill are the boardinghouse and dance hall. Just below the boardinghouse there appears to be a quarry.
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Halcyon Brick Works

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Description: Halcyon Brick Works. A group of men are posed standing among the brick kilns and drying houses.
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Men Posed at Sawmill

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Description: Large group of men posed standing in front of a sawmill. Three men are posed standing in a wagon pulled by a team of two horses wearing fly-nets. One man w...
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace and pig iron stock piles. The boardinghouse is visible on the hill in the far background.
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Halcyon Brick Yard

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Description: Halcyon Brick Yard, men and a young boy are posed standing in front of and inside a wooden building with machinery.
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Construction of Bridge

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of a construction site of a bridge across the cutoff on the river.
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Group of People on Rocky Shorline of River

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Description: View from shoreline of two women posed on logs on rocky shoreline by the river. Four or five young boys sit on the rocks on the left. There is a railroad b...
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River Dam

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Description: Elevated view of the river dam and what is probably the powerhouse. Trees and bushes line the riverbank in the foreground. In the background on the left is...
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Rear View of Horses

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Description: View of three horses with tightly braided tails standing together in a yard. A person (legs only) is standing behind the horses holding their bridles. In t...
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Flooded River

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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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Halcyon Brick Works

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Description: Elevated view from opposite shoreline of Halcyon Brick Works on the shore of a river. Trees, fields and hills are in the far background.
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Onalaska Pickle Factory; Interior

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Description: Indoor view of a wooden building with two levels. There is a set of wooden stairs leading up to the next level. Several barrels are near the base of the st...
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Rock Crusher

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Description: View across overgrown field towards a wooden structure with a tall smokestack. Identified as probably the rock crusher, located on the east side upriver fr...
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Dam before 1911

Date: 1911
Description: View from shoreline looking across the dam in front. Black River Falls is on the opposite shoreline, with several wooden structures, including the power ho...
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Second Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view from shoreline towards a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings in the background on the opposite shoreline. Identified as the second po...
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Powerhouse

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Description: Indoor view of machinery inside a powerhouse.
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Second Powerhouse with High Water

Date: 1905
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.

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