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Group of People Along a Rocky Shoreline

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Description: A group of people gather along the shore of a river with a horse-drawn vehicle. In the distance is a railroad bridge.
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Bridge Under Construction

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Description: Elevated view from hill of two women, a girl, a boy, and a dog posed on a railroad bridge under construction. This is possibly over Hall's Creek, east of M...
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Log Jam

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Description: View from shoreline of a log jam under a railroad bridge about half a mile from the Black River Falls Dam. On the opposite shoreline, men sit atop a fence....
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Construction of Bridge

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of a construction site of a bridge across the cutoff on the river.
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Bridge Over River

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Description: Elevated view over buildings of men and women walking across a bridge over a high river. There is a railroad bridge in the background.
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Group Posing Behind Logs Along Riverbank

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Description: Group portrait of men and women, all wearing hats, peeking over the top of a large log along the riverbank. Other large logs are piled behind them. A railr...
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Swimmer Bridge Diving

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Description: View across river towards a swimmer, caught in mid-air, jumping from the railroad bridge. Two people are on top of the bridge looking down. In the backgrou...
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Diver Standing on Bridge

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Description: View across water towards a diver posing on the railroad bridge over the river. Another man is standing on the railroad tracks on the left. Buildings are o...
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Railroad Bridge over Black River

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Description: Elevated view of the third railroad bridge over the Black River. Logs are lodged in the river.
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Train Passing by the Dam

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Description: Outdoor view of the dam in front of Black River Falls, showing the rushing water with a wooden railing in the foreground. There is a train on the railroad ...
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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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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: View upriver towards a train passing over a bridge. Smoke is trailing behind the locomotive, and a man is standing on top of the first railroad car.
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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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Two Men on a Railroad Bridge

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Description: View across water towards two men posing standing on a railroad bridge across a river. Logs are floating in the water in the foreground.
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Railroad Bridge across the Black River

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Description: View from rocky shoreline towards a dam and a railroad bridge across a river.
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Railroad Bridge across the Black River

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Description: Elevated view across a river with high water towards a bridge in the distance.
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Railroad Bridge across the Black River

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Description: Elevated view looking upriver towards a dam and railroad bridge.

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