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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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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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Distant View of Clinton across Koshonong Creek

Date: 1874
Description: Elevated view from hill of Clinton, now Rockdale. Three men are in the middle distance, looking east across Koshonong Creek towards a mill dam, bridge and ...
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Oak Lodge in Cedar Lake

Date: 1906
Description: Oak Lodge in Cedar Lake with docks and a small dam. Caption reads: "Scene at Clam Lodge, Cedar Lake, Wis."
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Man at the Yahara River Dam

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Description: A man stands, with a rowboat in the background, at the mouth of the Yahara river on the dam at Lake Mendota.
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The Spillway

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Description: Spillway at Lake Mendota and the Yahara River.
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Mendota Spillway

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Description: The Spillway on Lake Mendota (Tenney Park) and the Yahara River.
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McDill Pond

Date: 1958
Description: Plover River Pond; the dam was out and the pond is dry, permitting an unusual view of the immediate area. Highway 51 and a bridge can be seen in the distan...
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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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Rest Lake Dam

Date: 1940
Description: Rest Lake Dam of Manitowish River, Manitowish. Photograph taken from Vance Lake Highway (old Highway 51, now Highway W).
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Petenwell Dam

Date: 04 16 1949
Description: Aerial view of Petenwell Dam and dike on Wisconsin River twenty miles north of Necedah, Wisconsin showing the early formation of Lake Petenwell.
Postcard

At the Foot of Buffalo Lake

Date: 1904
Description: A view looking west over water toward the Fox River dam at Montello. There is granite riprap on the left. A boat with a small sail is in the background. T...
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Beaver Dam on Big Moose Lake

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Description: Three men stand on a beaver dam on Big Moose Lake. The lake and surrounding treeline fill the background.
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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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Timme Mill

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the Timme Mill and its reflection in Dell Creek at Mirror Lake. There is a bridge on the right; a wooden building with cupola stands in the backg...
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Long Lake

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Description: View down hill toward the dam and cottages at Long Lake. The structures are made of wood, with outbuildings in the foreground. Tree-covered hills are in th...
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Lake Mendota

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Description: A small dam and concrete barriers stand against the shore of Lake Mendota. Trees and shrubs grow on either side of the dam and a pier extends from the sho...
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Scenic View at Augusta

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of a man-made dam. Water pours from the dam into a reservoir creating a waterfall.
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Old Mill Dam

Date: 1922
Description: A dam constructed of cement and wood.
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Smeade's Cloverleaf Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: Variety of buildings reflected in Teal Lake. A wooden rowboat is tied to a pier on the lake. The Teal River is rushing over a nearby dam and along the dirt...

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