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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of the dam and power plant over the river, with smokestacks in the background. Caption reads: "The Dam, Beloit, Wis." |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Dam and hydroelectric power house, with a billowing smokestack and a crane in the background. |
| Date: | 08 04 1914 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam, showing assembly of the generators, identified by the manufacturer, the Allis-Chalmers Compa... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 09 17 1961 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | This 1915 map of Lincoln County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, cities and villages, lakes and streams, residences, churches, school ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the water works, smokestack and water tower. People are lounging under the trees in front. Caption reads: "Water Works, Beloit, ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| 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, with town buildings in the background and men fishing along the shoreline. Identified as the third powerhouse bu... |
| 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Historic Monticello Woolen Mill. There are many windows on the mill building, and some of them are open. Other buildings are ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "Municipalities." Where Taken: "MW." Information with photograph reads: "Ready-Power Generator Set, UD-18A powered in plant of Department of Publi... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | An elevated, panoramic view of the construction of the Norris Dam. Portions of the image are labeled. |
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