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Lower dam area, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1879-10
Description:
Area near the lower dam, the gatehouse is to the left and there are several logs in the Mississippi River; the Minneapolis Western railroad bridge is in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
2.
Washburn A Mill, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1884?
Description:
The Washburn A Mill and other nearby buildings. Also shows the Minneapolis Western railroad trestle.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
3.
Canal platform and trestle, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creator:
Farr
Date Created:
1885 - 1889
Description:
View of the canal platform and trestle; also includes a view of some of the mill buildings.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
4.
Canal platform and trestle, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
A man walking down the canal platform and trestle near the Crown Mill.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
5.
Canal platform, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Man lifting a board of the canal platform and inspecting the area below.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
6.
Construction on the canal, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creator:
Spalt, Robert F.
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Construction on the canal. Shows the gatehouse, the Columbia Mill, and the Bassett Mill.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs
7.
Construction on the canal, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creator:
Farr
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Construction on the canal near the gatehouse.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
8.
Construction on the canal, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creator:
Farr
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Construction on the canal near the gatehouse.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
9.
Construction on the canal, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creator:
Farr
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Construction on the canal; also shows the Minneapolis Mill office ad the Holly Mill.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
10.
Rebuilding of an iron post, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creator:
Farr
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Work crew rebuilding iron posts near the canal.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
11.
Tailrace on the west side, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1888?
Description:
Tailrace near the Westside Mills, shows some of the area being rebuilt and part of the Stone Arch Bridge.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
12.
Tailrace on the west side, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1890-03-30
Description:
Up the mail tailrace from the Washburn Mill.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cyanotypes
13.
Construction scene, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1890-04
Description:
Construction scene with two men measuring with tape.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
14.
Gatehouse at the lower dam, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1890?
Description:
View of the gatehouse at the lower dam during the winter.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
15.
Blueprint of extension of tailrace walls, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1893 - 1895
Description:
Blueprint showing plans for the extension of the tailrace walls.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Architectural drawings (visual works)
16.
Construction on the St. Anthony Falls dam, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1893 - 1897
Description:
Construction on the Saint Anthony Waterfalls Dam.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
17.
Upper dam, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1893 - 1897
Description:
Looking across the Mississippi River to the west bank; the Metropolitan building is in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cyanotypes
18.
Flume from Minneapolis Mill Company saw mill, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creator:
Heighstedt, Andrew W.
Date Created:
1893-08-09
Description:
Main apron; flume from the Minneapolis Mill Company's saw mill; Merlin Piano building.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
19.
Main Apron and upper dam, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creator:
Heighstedt, Andrew W.
Date Created:
1893-08-09
Description:
View down river from the Main apron of the upper dam, looking towards the Stone Arch Bridge and the University of Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
20.
Mississippi River's west bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creator:
Heighstedt, Andrew W.
Date Created:
1893-08-09
Description:
View of Mississippi River's apron, flume and Stone Arch Bridge; also includes a view of the west bank milling district.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
21.
Lower Dam and apron, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1893-11-20
Description:
Area near the lower dam and apron; shows the Exposition Building and Nicollet Island.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
22.
Lower Dam and apron, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1893-11-20
Description:
Area near the lower dam and apron; shows the Exposition Building and Nicollet Island.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
23.
Upper dam, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1893-11-20
Description:
Area near the upper dam; shows the Exposition Building and Nicollet Island.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
24.
Mississippi River and upper dam, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1894-04-25
Description:
View of Mississippi River, the Upper dam, Union Depot.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
25.
Construction of St. Anthony Falls apron, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1894-08-29
Description:
Repair on the St. Anthony Falls apron.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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