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Beloit Dam and Power Plant

Date: 1905
Description: View of the dam and power plant over the river, with smokestacks in the background. Caption reads: "The Dam, Beloit, Wis."
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Cornell Dam and Powerhouse

Date: 1913
Description: Dam and hydroelectric power house, with a billowing smokestack and a crane in the background.
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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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Flume on High Water

Date: 1900
Description: Flume at high water on the Montello River.
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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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House and Water Wheel

Date: 09 17 1961
Description: A small, stone house with a miniature water wheel. Caption on negative jacket reads, "Miniature water wheel which generates electricity to light the reside...
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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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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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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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Power Plant and Dam

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view of the power plant and dam on the Wisconsin River. Two workers are walking near the center. On the opposite shoreline are fields and tree-cov...
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Laying the Foundation of the Second Powerhouse

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Description: Outdoor view looking down at men working on a high brick foundation on the river, with a railroad bridge in the background. Identified as the laying of the...
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Second Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view from shoreline towards a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings in the background on the opposite shoreline. Identified as the second po...
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Second Powerhouse

Date: 1910
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...
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Fishing at the Third Powerhouse

Date: 1910
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...
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Second Powerhouse

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Description: Outdoor view of a river powerhouse surrounded by snow. Identified as the second powerhouse.
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Second Powerhouse with High Water

Date: 1905
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.
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Powerhouse in Hatfield

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Description: Outdoor view across snow-covered ground towards a large brick building surrounded. There is a hill in the background. Location identified as the powerhouse...
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Construction of the Powerhouse in Hatfield

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Description: Outdoor view of the construction of a large building on top of a dam. Location identified as the construction of the powerhouse on the canal in Hatfield.

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