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The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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Portage Canal
1935
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 project.
Canal at Portage
1910
View down the canal, with buildings along the shoreline, and a boat coming down the canal.
Government Canal Locks
1910
The government canal locks. Caption reads: "Government Canal Locks, Portage, Wis."
Portage Canal
1885
Steamboats docked in the Portage Canal, which was hand dug beginning in 1849 and completed in 1851. There are industrial buildings on either side of the canal in the background.
Portage Canal
1915
The Portage canal looking east from the Canal Bridge. Boats are lines up along the shoreline on the left near a long building.
