This photograph shows a flooded area on the east side of the Minnesota River in Le Sueur County in 1897. The photograph was taken near the eastern end of the Broadway Bridge at St. Peter. Two grain elevators are visible in the distance.
View of the lower dam area including the level gates and the lower dam water power station headrace; also shows the Minneapolis Western railroad bridge and the Elevator.
Failure at the lower dam shortly after its completion, shows a section that was washed out; also shows the Minneapolis Western Railroad Bridge and the west bank of the Mississippi River.
Failure at the lower dam shortly after its completion, shows a section that was washed out; also shows the Tenth Avenue Bridge and the east bank of the Mississippi River.
Looking across the washout at the waste way area toward the east bank; shows the Pillsbury A Mill, Phoenix Mill and other buildings on the east bank of the Mississippi River.