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Penisular Power Company

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Description: Panoramic group portrait of workers, who are building the Penisular Power Company, located on the Brule River.
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Waterwheel in Fairwater

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Description: Waterwheel for generating electric power, with men sitting on the log support. It may be the largest in the nation. The waterwheel was built in 1924 by a c...
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Kilbourn Dam

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Description: Kilbourn Dam under construction on the Wisconsin River by the Southern Wisconsin Power Company.
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Dam and Power House

Date: 1905
Description: View upriver towards a dam, and a power house on the right.
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Water Power

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Description: View across water towards buildings along the shoreline. The building on the left has a sign that reads: "Neenah Mills".
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Municipal Electric and Water Plant

Date: 1927
Description: View from a hill looking down on the plant which has several attached buildings, and a large chimney. To the right are railroad cars along the shoreline o...
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Locks at Power Dam

Date: 1913
Description: Looking across water and through the locks to a shoreline with a large hill in the background. A building is on the left, a wall and pilings are in the wat...
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Building and Water Wheel

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Description: Small wooden building with water wheel, presumably a mill.
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Lower Falls

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Description: View of the roiling lower falls on Spokane River with two bridges, and a large stone building with a sign that reads: "Washington Water Power Co." is above...
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Generator Plant

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Description: Elevated view of the interior of a generator plant. A man is standing next to the machines.
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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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Lower Falls

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Description: View of the Lower Falls on the Spokane River. A building on the left has a sign that reads: "Washington Water Power Company."
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Dam and Industrial Buildings

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Description: View of a dam, with industrial buildings on the opposite shoreline. A factory building has a sign that reads: "Home of Old Hampshire Bond," and "Hampshire ...
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Water Power

Date: 1910
Description: Water power at the Montello Granite Co. View across water toward buildings elevated above the water. Water is pouring through the foundations of some of th...

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