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Mirror Lake Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Mirror Lake Mill with bridge in foreground. Two women are standing on the bridge looking down at the river.
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Power Dam Construction Site

Date: 07 27 1911
Description: Elevated view of the power dam construction site on the Wisconsin River from the west shore. The outline of the coffer dam is easily seen. Three steam-pow...
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Foundation Piles and Concrete Forms at East End of Power Dam

Date: 03 03 1912
Description: Two women and a man posing among the timber pilings near the east shore of the river. Wooden concrete forms and two buildings are in the background.
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Government Barges Passing Through Lock at Power Dam

Date: 05 13 1914
Description: A view upstream through the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. Workmen are guiding a barge through the lock as a man and woman are watching from steps in the ...
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Three Women Among Logs

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Description: Three women playfully pose among logs near a railroad bridge that passes over a dam. On the bridge, a standing man is visible.
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Women Near Dam

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Description: Two women walk the shoreline of a river. In the background, a dam and railroad bridge are visible.
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Woman and Kitten near Dam

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Description: A woman sits with a kitten in her lap near a dam. This dam is probably the log dam on the Black River. In the background, the boarding house for Spaulding ...
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Woman Gathering Stones near Dam

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Description: A woman gathers stones at the bottom of a falls near a dam, probably the Hatfield Dam.
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Bridge over Dam

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Description: People stand on the bridge over a dam, probably the Douglas Dam and Mill near Melrose.
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River Scene

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Description: View of the Rock River. Two men stand before a dam and, beyond them, a woman stands on a bridge. Downtown buildings are visible in the background.
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Swimming Pool

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Description: Adults sit beneath a tent alongside a swimming pool overlooking Stora Enso Dam. The dam was built by the Consolidated Water Power Company in 1903.
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Dam Construction

Date: 1967
Description: "Construction of the dam in Theresa Marsh."
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Dam Construction

Date: 1967
Description: "Construction of the dam in Theresa Marsh."
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Constructing Brush Dam on Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: View across water of men working to construct a brush dam about seven miles north of Cassville. There are two groups of well-dressed people, who appear to ...
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Dam at Taliesin

Date: 1935
Description: Five women pose at the dam built by Frank Lloyd Wright at his home near Spring Green, Wisconsin. A sixth figure is obscured by tree branches on the right. ...
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Anna Williams

Date: 07 2003
Description: This Barton dam is the subject of a photo study. Anna Williams acts as a model.
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Woman and Baby at a Dam

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Description: Outdoor view of a woman posing standing near a child posing sitting on large rocks. In the background is a railroad bridge over the Black River, and a rive...
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Overlook

Date: 1936
Description: A crowd has gathered on a hilltop overlooking a large flat expanse which has been cleared of trees. A man is standing slightly downhill from the group and ...
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River View

Date: 1935
Description: View towards an unidentified woman sitting and facing away from the camera to take in the view of the St. Croix River from a high rock formation. The bridg...
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Flood at Dates Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line as water rushes down a lane in the pasture in ...

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