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Watertown River View

Date: 1910
Description: View from bridge with industrial buildings on both sides. Caption reads: "River view from Main St. Bridge, Watertown, Wis."
Photograph

Watertown River View

Date: 
Description: A view of the river passing through Watertown looking north from the Milwaukee Street bridge.
Painting

Watertown

Date: 1841
Description: View across the river towards several residences on the opposite shoreline.
Map or Atlas

Map of Watertown

Date: 
Description: View of Watertown.
Photograph

Habheger's Bowling Park

Date: 1870
Description: View across water towards the Habheger's Bowling Park at the North Fourth Street bridge. A group of people are standing on the bridge.
Postcard

Hartig's Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: View from bridge towards Hartig's Brewery on the left. Caption reads: "Greetings from Watertown, Wis."
Photograph

The Empire Mill

Date: 1890
Description: View across water towards the Empire Mill. Alongside the building are railroad cars at a loading dock. The signs on the mill read: "Globe", "Globe's Empire...
Photograph

Empire Mill

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view over canal towards the Empire Mill.
Photograph

Dam

Date: 1910
Description: View of the dam across the Rock River near the Empire Mills. A man holding a fishing rod is standing in the foreground on the left.
Photograph

Dam on the Rock River

Date: 1915
Description: A dam stretching acrossed the Rock River near the Empire mills, later the Globe mills.
Photograph

Rail Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards the railroad bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway.
Photograph

River Scene

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Description: View of the Rock River. Two men stand before a dam and, beyond them, a woman stands on a bridge. Downtown buildings are visible in the background.
Photograph

Rock River from Fourth Street

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Description: View of Rock River from Fourth Street. Trees line the banks of the river, and a smokestack is in silhouette behind trees in the distance.
Photograph

Rock River from Main Street Bridge

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Description: View of Rock River from Main Street Bridge. Hartig Brewery, opened in 1884, is along the right shoreline.
Photograph

Prochazka's Picnic Place on Rock River

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Description: View of Prochazka's picnic place on Rock River. The view features a small boat docked on the left near trees which crowd the shoreline. Caption reads: "Pro...
Photograph

Rock River from Main Street Bridge

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Description: View of Rock River from the Main Street Bridge. On the right industrial buildings are along the shoreline, and a bridge is in the distance.
Photograph

Fourth Street Bridge

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Description: View across water toward the Fourth Street Bridge.
Photograph

Rock River Looking South from Cady Street

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Description: View of Rock River, looking south from Caly Street. The view features a bridge and downtown buildings. Caption reads: "Rock River Looking South from Cady S...
Photograph

River Scene

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Description: Elevated view of river scene near Tivoli Island. A group of people are in a boat, and one person is in another boat nearby. A bridge and industrial buildin...
Photograph

Tivoli Island

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Description: View of Tivoli Island, situated in the Rock River. A bridge spans from the island to the river bank on the right. Caption reads: "Tivoli Island."

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