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Paper Mill

Date: 08 05 1962
Description: Exterior view of Riverside Paper Corporation mill. On the left is a road along a river, and on the right are railroad tracks along the mill. A sign in the ...
Photograph

Fox River Lock

Date: 08 03 1962
Description: Elevated view of the Guard Lock on the Fox River Canal, looking east from the Highway 55 bridge.
Photograph

Fox River Canal

Date: 08 04 1962
Description: A boat travels up the Fox River. In the background are a canal and locks and factory smokestacks.
Photograph

Boat in Canal

Date: 08 04 1962
Description: A boat in the Fox River Canal, headed up river. This particular lock, the Ripide Croche Lock, is located just north of Wrightstown.
Photograph

Five Combined Locks

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Description: Five combined locks between the Hudson River and Lake Champlain in a wooded area. A dirt road runs along one side and a stepped concrete stream-bed runs a...
Postcard

Third Lock and Draw Bridge

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Description: View along the right side of the third lock and draw bridge spanning the Fox River. Caption reads: "Third Lock and Draw Bridge, Appleton, Wis."
Postcard

Canal Lock

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Description: Colorized postcard of a steamboat passing through the canal lock along the Fox River. Caption reads: "Canal Lock, Appleton, Wis."
Postcard

Government Lock

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Description: Postcard of the government lock along the Fox River in Kimberly. A house and fence are along the shoreline to the left. Caption reads: "Government Lock at ...
Painting

Grand Kakalin (South Kaukauna) Painting

Date: 1856
Description: "The second view at the Kakalin, from the north side of the river, shows the first or guard lock in the foreground and beyond the dam the large frame build...
Painting

Double Lock Painting

Date: 1856
Description: "Three views in a short space show the peaceful appearance of what is now a busy paper mills center. The first, a double lock around which the village of C...
Painting

Rapid Croche, Fox River Painting

Date: 1856
Description: "....The third view was twelve miles farther up the river [from De Pere], at Rapid Croche, on the border of the present Brown and Outagamie counties. It is...
Painting

Grand Chute Painting

Date: 1856
Description: " . . . At Grand Chute stood the young settlement of Appleton. Although only a few years old, it already boasted a college, named, as was the village itsel...
Photograph

Appleton Locks

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Description: Elevated view of a lock at Appleton, with views of mills and other structures in the background.
Photograph

Work on Tenney Park Lock and Dam

Date: 01 08 1959
Description: Work on the new Tenney Park lock and dam is progressing on schedule. A temporary spillway (not shown) has been built to divert the Yahara River from the co...
Postcard

The Locks

Date: 1906
Description: Colorized postcard view of a lock on the Fox River. Caption reads: "The Locks, Berlin, Wis."
Photograph

Tenney Park Lock Opening

Date: 08 22 1959
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen leads the parade of boats that opened the new Tenney Park lock on Saturday morning.
Postcard

"Glen Lock" at Irvine Park

Date: 1950
Description: Color postcard aerial view. Caption reads: "'Glen Lock' at Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin." Caption on back reads: "This view from Irvine Park show...
Postcard

At the Fox River Lock

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards a motor launch with striped canopy moored along the shore just above the Fox River Lock on Buffalo Lake. A finely dressed party o...
Painting

Lower Locks at Grand Chute

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Description: Lower locks on Grand Chute, Wisconsin, on the Fox River.
Postcard

Second Lock

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Description: View of a lock on the Fox River. There is a boat in the canal, and pedestrians standing on the canal wall on the right. Caption reads: "Second Lock, Kaukau...

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