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Looking North from Nelson Dewey State Park

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Description: A bird's eye view overlooking the Mississippi River, sand bars, the railroad bridge, surrounding forests and wetlands.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Bridge

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Description: View down railroad tracks of a railroad bridge, which has framed beams on the sides and top. A boy and girl are standing and posing on the bridge. Signs ar...
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Repaired Bridge

Date: 1918
Description: View from shoreline of a reinforced railroad bridge over a river. There are stone foundations on both banks supporting the railroad bed. Wood has been stac...
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Chequamegon Hotel Dinner Menu

Date: 09 04 1885
Description: Exterior and interior bill of fare from The Chequamegon, with views on the back of rock formations, waterfalls, a spot illustration of a train going over a...
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Railroad Trestle

Date: 1885
Description: Timber railroad trestle over a wooded valley, apparently at the final stage of construction.
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Constructing a Railroad Trestle

Date: 1885
Description: Bridge carpenters and other workmen with a winch constructing a railroad trestle over a wooded valley.
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Railroad Bridge at Black River Falls

Date: 1880
Description: View across water towards what is identified as the second railroad bridge at Black River Falls. Note the wood trestle on the right.
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Dam on the Black River

Date: 1912
Description: View upriver towards the dam in front, with the town of Black River Falls in the background on a hilly shoreline. There is a railroad bridge over the river...
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
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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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Railroad Bridge and Hatfield Dam

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Description: View from steep shoreline looking towards a railroad bridge over a river. Identified as the railroad bridge over the Black River with the Hatfield dam behi...
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Train Crossing a Bridge

Date: 1903
Description: View towards a train coming over a bridge. Identified as a railroad bridge in Black River Falls after 1903.
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Railroad Bridge over the Black River

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Description: View upriver towards a railroad bridge over a river. A log is lying on a rocky protrusion in the river, and the far shoreline is on the right.
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Railroad Bridge across the Black River

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Description: View across water towards a bridge across a river. There is a town on the opposite shoreline.
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Railroad Bridge across the Black River

Date: 1892
Description: Elevated view upriver towards a railroad bridge crossing the river. Rocks are in the foreground in the middle of the river. Identified as the bridge across...
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Railroad Bridge across the Black River

Date: 1892
Description: Elevated view upriver towards a bridge and dam. Two people are walking among the rocks on the lower right. Identified as the railroad bridge across the Bla...
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Railroad Bridge across the Black River

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Description: View across rushing water towards a railroad bridge across a river. On the far shoreline are buildings among trees.
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Railroad Bridge across the Black River

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Description: View from shoreline towards a railroad bridge across a river. Pilings are in the foreground.
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Four Women Standing on Rocks in River

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Description: Outdoor portrait from above of four women posing standing on rocks on a river. Another group of people are on the rocks behind them on the left. There is a...
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Newly Constructed Trestle Bridge outside Cape Town

Date: 1910
Description: View of the newly constructed trestle bridge outside of Cape Town, South Africa.

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