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Dam and Power Plant

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Description: Exterior of power plant and dam.
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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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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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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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Old Mill at Chippewa Falls

Date: 1915
Description: View across river of an "old mill." There is a waterwheel attached to the left side of the mill. A small waterfall and a number of trees and foliage surrou...
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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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Power Station

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized photographic postcard of an elevated view of the power station next to the river. A bridge is in the background. Caption reads: "Power Station, B...
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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 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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Second Powerhouse

Date: 1910
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...
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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 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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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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Brick and Cement Pump House

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Description: View across river or stream towards a pump house along a stony shoreline. A large pipe supported on trestles is attached to the right side of the building....
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Water Wheel

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Description: View across water towards a water wheel, probably used for irrigation, near a shoreline. Ducks are swimming in the water near the tall grass is growing on ...
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Water Wheel Used for Irrigation

Date: 1914
Description: A man is sitting on a water wheel used for irrigation.
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Mill House

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Description: The Mill House is another component of the compound at House on the Rock.
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Pumping Station & River Front

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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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