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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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill toward the building which has two large smokestacks. The Lake Michigan shoreline is on the left. In front is a landscaped area with... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| 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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| Description: | Small wooden building with water wheel, presumably a mill. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Description: | Letterhead of the Berliner & Bruno's Badger State Safe Steam Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the steam works and depot, people ... |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Pumping Station on the riverfront. Central Jefferson is in the background. There are billboards on the right, with one that r... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the water works building. Flowers are planted along the front, and lampposts are flanking the entrance. Caption reads: "Water Works, La Cr... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "'On the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.' Electric Power Plant, Kilbourn, Wis." Completed in 1909, the power plant is still in ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Power House, Kilbourn, Wis." A brick building with arched windows. Completed in 1909, the power plant is still in use today. Kilbou... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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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