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Railroad Log Car

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Description: A railroad flatbed car loaded with logs and sitting on railroad tracks.
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Sugar Factory

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Description: A steam locomotive moves along a set of railroad tracks near a sugar beet processing plant with a tall smokestack. There are several small outbuildings in ...
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Chippewa Falls Riverfront

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Description: Elevated view of the riverfront, railroad tracks, and river, "as viewed from Joseph McGuire's."
Property Record

CHIPPEWA RIVER

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Soo Line Railroad Bridge
Reference Number: 3213
Property Record

214 FLEET ST

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Soo Railroad Turntable
Reference Number: 38332
Property Record

214 FLEET ST

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: SOO LINE RAILROAD ROUNDHOUSE
Reference Number: 31002
Postcard

Wagon Bridge and C.L. & B. Co.'s Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking east and upstream from the shoreline towards the wide Chippewa River. The water level is nearly up to the railroad tracks in the fore...
Property Record

CHIPPEWA RIVER/STATE ST

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Chicago and North Western Railroad Bridge
Reference Number: 3211
Property Record

214 FLEET ST

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 3233
Photograph

The J.B. Alexander Family

Date: 1900
Description: The J.B. Alexander family at the Wisconsin Central train depot. The young child in front holds a doll.
Property Record

214 FLEET ST

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Soo Line Railroad Water Tower & Shed
Reference Number: 38331
Postcard

Logs in Chippewa River, above the Falls

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard of logs floating in river, looking east between falls and railroad bridge. In the upper right corner is a large number of logging pylons...
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Power

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of a hydroelectric power plant owned by Northern States Power Company located on the Chippewa River. A highway bridge and a railroad bridge spa...
Postcard

Chippewa Falls, Wis. General View, from South Side of River

Date: 1910
Description: Chippewa Falls from the south side of the river below the falls. Includes the Sheely House Tavern, railway buildings, box cars, a train with five passenger...
Property Record

CANAL ST, AT N SIDE OF T INTERS W/ WOODWARD

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 3177
Property Record

DEPOT ST

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Omaha Freight; Van Waters & Rogers Div. of Univan
Reference Number: 3225
Photograph

Irvine Park Station

Date: 1900
Description: The inter-urban street car terminal station shelter at Irvine Park. A heavy snowfall covers the landscape. A stone wall gateway with lampposts and decorati...
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Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a...
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Wreckage Left After Flood

Date: 1903
Description: View from railroads tracks of the wreckage of wooden buildings left behind after a flood. Intact buildings are visible in a skyline in the distance, and pe...
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Chippewa Falls from the South Side

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Description: Elevated view from south side of the Chippewa River, with a bridge crossing it and buildings on both sides of the river. A bluff rises on the far side of t...

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