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Portage Canal

Date: 1945
Description: An aerial view of the Portage Canal, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1910
Description: The Portage Canal at the Wisconsin River, showing the upper lock. Caption reads: "Upper Lock and Wisconsin River Portage Wis. No. 10". A group of people ar...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of the Portage Canal.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1962
Description: The Portage Canal between the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, from the highway 51 crossing near the center of the city.
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1945
Description: An elevated view of Portage and it's vicinity.
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Bridge, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: View of the bridge spanning the Sturgeon Bay canal.
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Bridge, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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Description: View from the shoreline of a bridge spanning the Sturgeon Bay canal.
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Portage Canal and Lock

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Portage canal and lock, with the Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin ...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal and lock. The Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway pro...
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Lake Michigan Entrance to Ship Canal

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: View from jetty out towards Lake Michigan entrance to Ship Canal. A large tank, streetlamp and buildings are on the left. On the opposite jetty is a lighth...
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Ship Canal, Facing West from Coastguard Station

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: View of the Ship Canal from the Coast Guard station. There are pieces of machinery on the right, and a line of trees on the left. There is snow on the grou...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View down Portage Canal, with trees and open land on either side.
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Steam Dredge at the Hatfield Dam Construction Site

Date: 1907
Description: A steam dredge at the construction site of a dam on a river. Identified as the construction of a canal at the Hatfield dam construction in 1907.
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Fox River Lock

Date: 08 03 1962
Description: Elevated view of the Guard Lock on the Fox River Canal, looking east from the Highway 55 bridge.
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Mooring Basin

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: View from snowy shoreline of Mooring Basin at bay end of Ship Canal. The boat moored in the foreground is named "Allie." It is tethered to a post on the sh...
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Lighthouse

Date: 03 1969
Description: The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Pierhead Lighthouse silhouetted against the sun shining through the clouds. Snow covers the pier, and ice is floating on the la...
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Canal Lighthouse, Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1953
Description: View across water towards the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse, with a group of people in a motorboat in the foreground.
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Hatfield Canal Construction

Date: 
Description: View of a horse hauling dirt on a wagon on tracks. There are five workmen adding dirt to the wagon from a large pile. Identified as part of the Hatfield Ca...
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Old Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. View of Portage Canal in foreground. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox...
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Lake Side Park

Date: 09 1964
Description: View across water towards two men standing on a stone bridge, in the early morning fog in September. The bridge is spanning one of the canals. Another man ...

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