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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across river of several collapsing buildings on the edge of flooded river banks, during the flood. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A panoramic view of Black River Falls flooded streets, possibly taken during the flood of 1911. Three men are standing on the sidewalk next to the "Tollack... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a construction site of a bridge across the cutoff on the river. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water of trees and wooden buildings submerged in water, probably during the 1911 (or 1905) flood of the Black River. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Black River Falls at the beginning of the flood of 1911. Note the roof of the powerhouse in the water, and the Spaulding wagon shop on the... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a two-story wooden building, probably the McGillivray factory built about 1913 across the bridge at Water and Harrison Streets. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Exterior portrait of the dam in front of Black River Falls with the town in the background. The dam was reportedly constructed in 1906. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of a group of people on the rock in front of the dam located in front of Black River Falls, with several structures in the background. The gat... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View upriver towards the dam, with Black River Falls on the opposite shoreline. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking across the dam in front. Black River Falls is on the opposite shoreline, with several wooden structures, including the power ho... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of the dam in front of Black River Falls with several wooden structures in the background, and a train passing on the railroad bridge over the river. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking across the churning water just below the dam. On the opposite shoreline is the town of Black River Falls, with several wooden s... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down a hill towards a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings on a hill in the background. Identified as the second powerhouse th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings in the background. Identified as the second powerhouse that was replaced in 191... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse, with town buildings in the background and men fishing along the shoreline. Identified as the third powerhouse bu... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View looking toward men working on a construction site. Men are standing and watching from the rocky shoreline on the right. Identified as the construction... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View looking towards men working on a construction site. Identified as the construction of the bulkhead for the powerhouse in 1908. There are men standing ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards a large group of men and women posing on the shore, and on boat moored to the shore of a lake. Location identified as a 1908 bo... |
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