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Holt's Mill
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View across water toward the sawmill and various outbuildings located on the Oconto River. Steam is rising from a large pipe over over the main building, and from two smaller pipes beside it. Mechanisms in the river corral the raw logs to the structures for processing. Caption reads: "Holt's Mill, Oconto, Wis."
1856
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Holt's Mill
1856
Large piles of logs waiting to be processed into lumber sit next to the Oconto River. In the background stand what appear to be piles of cut lumber. Caption reads: "Holt's Landing, Oconto, Wis."
Sawmills
A composite image of three photographs of sawmills with decorative graphics. The mills are N. Ludington Co.'s Old White Mill (top), the H. Witbeck Co.'s Mill (bottom left) and N. Ludington Co.'s Re...
Three Sawmills
A composite image of three photographs of sawmills and a saw graphic. The sawmills pictured are R.W. Merryman and Co.'s Mill (top), Sawyer & Goodman Co.'s Mill (bottom left) and The Merryman Manufa...
Mills with Waterfall
A view of a grist mill and sawmill with a waterfall between them. Caption reads: "Grist and Saw Mill."
Northern Lumber Mill
View from shoreline across water toward the mill. To the right of the main building are two smaller structures, with a watertower and silo behind. Two smokestacks are in the background. The main st...
