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Bridge over the Black River

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated view of a bridge over the Black River during construction. It was built during 1923 and 1924 by the Wausau Iron Works. Tom Cleary was the Resident...
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Men Building Dam

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Description: Men building the post-flood business district dam. The flood of 1911 went around the Black River Falls Dam and washed out most of the business section of t...
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Men Building Dam

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Description: Men laying the foundation for the post-flood business district dam.
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Men Building Dam

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Description: Men constructing the post-flood business district dam using steam-powered machinery.
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Men Working at Dam

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Description: Men working in a drained reservoir with shovels, probably at the Hatfield Dam.
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Construction Site of Dam

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Description: Men working around a small building near the construction site of a dam. Two men are standing on the roof. Houses and other buildings are on a hill in the ...
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Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
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Men Posed On Logs

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men posed standing and holding logs in a river with pike hooks. There appears to be a dog on the right of the group standing on...
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Sorting Logs

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Description: View from shoreline of two men posed standing on log sorting piers half a mile above the Railroad Bridge on the Black River. There is a large log jam behin...
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Sorting Logs

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Description: Loggers near a log jam under a railroad bridge.
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Logging Clean-Up Crew

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Description: Group of men and a boy posed holding logging tools and standing in front of tents on the banks of a river, probably just south of Black River Falls. A man ...
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Construction of Bridge

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of a construction site of a bridge across the cutoff on the river.
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Dam Construction

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Description: View from railroad tracks towards industrial activity on the edge of the river, possibly building a dam.
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Dam Construction

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Description: Men working on the foundation of a building, possibly laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam.
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Quarry Scene

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a group of men posing standing near and on a rock face and a track, with a river on the left. Identified as probably the ...
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Quarry Laborers by the River

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards a group of men standing near and on a rock face an a cliff above a river. Identified as probably the quarry connected t...
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Quarry Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men posing standing near and on a rock face with two sets of small railroad tracks behind them. Identified as probably the quar...
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Construction Site; Third Power House

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Description: Outdoor view of men working at a construction site. Identified as the construction of the third powerhouse which also entailed moving the second powerhouse...
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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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Construction of the Bulkhead

Date: 1908
Description: View looking toward men working on a construction site. Men are standing and watching from the rocky shoreline on the right. Identified as the construction...

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