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Portage Canal and Lock

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Portage canal and lock, with the Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin ...
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Locks on Mississippi River

Date: 1935
Description: Locks on the Mississippi River, a nine foot channel. A man is standing above the locks. Bluffs are in the background.
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Old Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. View of Portage Canal in foreground. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox...
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Canal Locks

Date: 1935
Description: A close view of the canal locks.
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Canal Locks

Date: 1935
Description: A distant view of the canal locks.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal and lock. The Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway pro...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal. In the immediate foreground is the Fox River, then the lower locks and the canal itself. The Indian Agency House may be seen t...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the canal locks of the Portage Canal. Men are standing at the edge of the locks on the right.
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Lock on The Yahara River

Date: 1939
Description: Several men pass through the locks at the Lake Mendota entrance to the Yahara River.
Postcard

Mississippi River Boat Passing through Locks

Date: 1938
Description: Front of picture envelope mailer. Inside are nine, double-sided postcards attached to the envelope.
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Lock and Dam No. 11

Date: 05 21 1939
Description: Elevated view of the General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam No. 11, located on the Mississippi River between Dubuque, Iowa, and Grant County, Wisconsin. The Loc...
Postcard

Lock and Dam No. 6

Date: 1936
Description: Text on front reads: "Trempealeau Wis. on the Great River Road overlooking Lock & Dam No. 6 on the Upper Mississippi." On reverse: "Lock & Dam No. 6, one o...

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