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Lumber Yard

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Description: Elevated view from hill toward a lumberyard, with small workers' homes on the left. A dirt path and wooden fence surround the lumberyard, which is filled w...
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Northern Lumber Mill and Railroad Yards

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Description: Elevated view of the railroad tracks, lumberyard, and mill of Northern Lumber Mill. In the foreground is a long line of railroad cars sitting on the tracks...
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Lumber Mill and Dam

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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...
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The Assorting Table

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Description: View of lumber transported from the mill and across the assorting table, where it is then moved and sorted into different groups. Men stand on the lumber o...
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The Spaulding, Van Hoosier & Company Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: Men pose on top of and in front of the Spaulding, Van Hoosier & Company Sawmill.
Postcard

C.W. Begg's Mill

Date: 1910
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...
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Old Bridge Area Manufacturing Plants

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of several buildings, with bridge and railroad tracks, and the Fox River. In the foreground on the right is the Commercial House, with three ...

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