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Feeding Logs into the Mill

Date: 1930
Description: Workers push logs floating in the Wisconsin River into alignment to enter a building for processing.
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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
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Sawmill Fire

Date: 1894
Description: A crowd gathers and watches the sawmill on fire.
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Iola Mill

Date: 
Description: Mill race at the Iola Mill.
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Herling Saw Mill and Dam

Date: 1890
Description: Herling Saw Mill and Dam Southeast elevation.
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Cushman Mill

Date: 08 1952
Description: Cushman Mill, a sawmill on the shore of the Bark River.
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Schofield Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Dam and mill at on the Wisconsin River.
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Austin Creek Mill

Date: 04 1973
Description: View of Austin Creek mill race as it enters the sawmill building.
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Herrling Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: A view from the west of the Herrling sawmill.
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Hess Cooperage Sawmill

Date: 1952
Description: Sawmill, for cutting barrel heads and staves out of oak logs, behind the Hess Cooperage.
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Logging; McKenna Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: View from hill of the McKenna Sawmill, surrounded by stacks of lumber.
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McKenna Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: View of the McKenna Sawmill. Workers are posing in front.
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Logging Scene

Date: 
Description: View towards men standing and sitting near a wooden structure, perhaps a sawmill.
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Sawmill in Porterville

Date: 1880
Description: The sawmill of Gilbert E. Porter and Delos R. Moon was located on the Chippewa River approximately three miles southwest of the city of Eau Claire. In 1873...
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McKenna Mill

Date: 
Description: Lumberyard full of logs and a sawmill in the distance, probably McKenna in eastern Jackson County.
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Wagons at Herrling Sawmill

Date: 
Description: View from roof of wagons lined up by the Herrling sawmill.
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Steam Powered Saw Mill and Workers

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of a group of men sitting near an open steam-powered saw mill.
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Lumber Operation

Date: 
Description: View from hill of lumber operation, with stacks of timber and a sawmill in operation, probably McKenna in eastern Jackson County.
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Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company

Date: 1898
Description: The Nekoosa-Edwards Paper company. Established about 1896 by John Edwards.
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Lumber Mill with a Sawdust Burner

Date: 
Description: View across field towards a long industrial building with four smokestacks. Probably a lumber mill with a saw dust burner.

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