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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Washburn on Lake Superior. There is an inset of Washburn, Chequamagon and the Apostle Islands. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the riverfront, railroad tracks, and river, "as viewed from Joseph McGuire's." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View up the Eau Claire River from the Dewey Street Bridge. The view shows the dam and linen mill and the site of the lower sawmill (called the "steam mill"... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | An International PD-80 diesel power unit used to power an A.B. Carroll Lumber Company sawmill. Several men are at work on the site; trees, and what appears... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Campbell's Mill, which specialized in lumber. Situated in the midst of the forest are smokestacks, railroad tracks, and several buildings.... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Brooks Scanlon Company, which specialized in lumber. The complex sits on a river. The lumber is lying out on the tops of roofs and in ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the mill, dam, and railroad tracks, and forests surrounding the area. The lumber mill itself, with main building complex and smokestack is... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | The Ramsay & Jones Mill with logs in the water in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Two panoramic bird's-eye views of the Paine Lumber Company, including the general plant, sawmill, and lumber yards. Heading at the top says: Home of Wiscon... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of lumber mill on the bank of the Chippewa River, with steam emitting from the smokestacks. A bridge over the river is in the right bac... |
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| Description: | View from roof of wagons lined up by the Herrling sawmill. |
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| Description: | View across yard of men and children posed near what is probably Warrens Mill. Men and children are posed standing, sitting in lumber wagons, on horses, an... |
| Date: | 09 1891 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map of Hurley, featuring the Village of Gile and the Montreal River Lumber Company. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map of Hurley featuring the Village of Gile. |
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| Description: | View across field towards a long industrial building with four smokestacks. Probably a lumber mill with a saw dust burner. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a group of workers, horses, and a dog posing at railroad siding at C.W. Begg's Mill. Caption reads: "C.W. Begg's Mill at Siding, C... |
| Date: | 06 1923 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map of Ashland, which includes Chequamegon Bay. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A Sanborn map of Tomahawk featuring the Bay Mill Company's lumber yard. |
| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Lumber is stacked in three large piles behind a small wooden shed. There is machinery in front of the shed on the right, and what appears to be a saw pit o... |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | Stacks of logs cover a large flat area in the foreground, and in the distance is a complex of buildings at a sawmill. There are many large stacks of lumber... |
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