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1. Abutment at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-10-13
Description:
Abutment at the Onalaska dam. The Onalaska dam project was undertaken as a part of improvements to the Upper Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Aftermath of the collapse of Eastman's Tunnel at St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Adams, Arthur T., 1872-1955
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Aftermath of the W.W. Eastman tunnel collapse that caused the loss of St. Anthony Falls to erosion. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Lantern slides

3. Area near McMullen and Company lumber mill, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895 - 1900
Description:
Area near a saw mill; shows the McMullen and Company Lumber Mill.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Blue Earth Dam construction, east side downstream view, Rapidan Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910-08-06
Description:
View of dam, looking downstream on the east side.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Blue Earth Dam construction, looking downstream, Rapidan Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910-08-20
Description:
View of dam, looking down stream.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Blue Earth Dam construction on the east bank, Rapidan Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910-07-30
Description:
View of dam and workers on the east bank.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Blue Earth Dam construction, Rapidan Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910
Description:
View of dam and workers.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Blue Earth Dam construction, Rapidan Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910-11-01
Description:
View of the dam under construction.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Blue Earth Dam construction, tailrace after turning the river, Rapidan Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910-09-10
Description:
View of dam, the tailrace after turning the river.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Blue Earth Dam construction, third left buttresses, Rapidan Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910-07-30
Description:
View of dam, third left buttresses.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Blue Earth Dam construction, west side looking downstream, Rapidan Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910-08-06
Description:
View of dam, looking downstream on the west side.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Blue Earth Dam construction, west side, Rapidan Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910-09-01
Description:
View of dam and workers.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. 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)

14. Bulk Head for Tunnel at St. Anthony

Creator:
U.S. Engineer Office (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1881?
Description:
Bulkhead designed to possibly divert water away from tunnel construction near St. Anthony Falls.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Drawings (visual works)

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Central dam, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Date Created:
1881
Description:
Stereoscope view of George B. Wright's central dam, saw mill on right, "Bee Hive" factory on left. View from south side of the river at Mill street before the Mill Street bridge was constructed.
Contributing Institution:
Otter Tail County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

19. Chester Park Dam and Building, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Paine, F. Rodney, 1889-1968
Date Created:
1929
Description:
Chester Creek runs through Chester Park (also known as Chester Bowl Park) and empties into Lake Superior near Thirteenth Avenue East. Someone is walking to a parked car.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

20. Chester Park Dam, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Paine, F. Rodney, 1889-1968
Date Created:
1929
Description:
Parks Department Superintendent F. Rodney Paine (1889-1968) is walking to his car in Chester Park (also known as Chester Bowl Park).
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

21. Close-up of falls side of Rapidan Dam, Rapidan Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1914?
Description:
Close-up of downstream side of Rapidan Dam on the Blue Earth River near Rapidan, Minnesota. Note addressed to Mr. Walter Brown, Long Lake, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

22. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-02-15
Description:
Progress in the cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam, under construction on the Upper Mississippi as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-02-15
Description:
Clearing operations at the dike section of cofferdam at the Onalaska dam, under construction on the Upper Mississippi as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-02-27
Description:
Construction of the cofferdam nearing completion at the Onalaska dam, under construction on the Upper Mississippi as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-02-27
Description:
Burning brush in the dike area of the cofferdam for the Onalaska dam project, under construction on the Upper Mississippi as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-03-14
Description:
A general view of the cofferdam under high water conditions. The cofferdam is part of the Onalaska dam project, under construction on the Upper Mississippi as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-05-26
Description:
General view of equipment within the cofferdam, part of the Onalaska dam project. The Onalaska dam underwent construction as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-06-10
Description:
Workmen use a crane to drive piling at the Onalaska dam, constructed as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-06-10
Description:
A train car waits beside the cofferdam, part of the construction of the Onalaska dam. The Onalaska dam was constructed as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-05-26
Description:
Workmen set up aggregate bins at the cofferdam, part of the Onalaska dam project, under construction on the Upper Mississippi as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-05-26
Description:
A crane operates on common excavation and disposal of material below the cofferdam, part of the Onalaska dam project. The Onalaska dam underwent construction as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-05-26
Description:
Men set up a pump for disposing of common excavation below the cofferdam, part of the Onalaska dam project. The Onalaska dam underwent construction as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-05-26
Description:
Workmen use a hose inside the cofferdam in this photograph, which shows the condition of the lower elevation. The cofferdam is part of the Onalaska dam project and underwent construction as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-05-26
Description:
Permanent steel sheet piling in place within the cofferdam, part of the Onalaska dam project. The Onalaska dam underwent construction as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-03-30
Description:
A general view of the cofferdam under high water conditions. The cofferdam is part of the Onalaska dam project, under construction on the Upper Mississippi as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-04-06
Description:
A general view of the cofferdam with the river elevation above the cofferdam at 637.9. The cofferdam is part of the Onalaska dam project, under construction on the Upper Mississippi as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-04-22
Description:
A sub contractor places cofferdam fill while workers look on from the rail spur as part of the Onalaska dam project, under construction on the Upper Mississippi as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-05-08
Description:
Men work on the hydraulic stripping of top soil inside of the cofferdam as part of the Onalaska dam project, under construction on the Upper Mississippi as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-05-08
Description:
A general view of the unwatered cofferdam, part of the Onalaska dam project, under construction on the Upper Mississippi as part of Upper Mississippi River improvements.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. Cofferdam construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-08-12
Description:
Removing sand fill at the downstream arm of the cofferdam at the Onalaska dam. The Onalaska dam project was undertaken as a part of improvements to the Upper Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. Cold Spring Granite Company main plant and Sauk River dam, Stearns County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
View of Cold Spring Granite Company main plant and Sauk River dam looking southwest from railroad tracks.
Contributing Institution:
Stearns History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. Completed Onalaska dam, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-12-16
Description:
A view of the Onalaska dam following the completion of the contract. The Onalaska dam project was undertaken as a part of improvements to the Upper Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

43. Completed Onalaska dam, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1937-03-18
Description:
A man and his dog perch on a distant section of the Onalaska dam between upstream gage 633.64 and downstream gage 631.65. The Onalaska dam project was undertaken as a part of improvements to the Upper Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

44. Construction along the Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1896-09-25
Description:
Construction at the lower dam footings, includes workmen.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cyanotypes

45. Construction at the lower dam, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1897-03-01
Description:
Construction on the stonework and footings at the lower dam.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. Construction at the lower dam, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1897-03-22
Description:
Construction at the lower dame, view is from underneath the Tenth Avenue bridge; the Minneapolis Western railroad bridge is in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. Construction at the lower dam water power station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1897-12-02
Description:
Construction at the lower dam water power station; shows the gatehouse and level gates; the Minneapolis Western Railroad Bridge is also visible.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Construction at the lower dam water power station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1897-10-29
Description:
Construction at the lower dam water power station; shows the gatehouse and level gates; the Minneapolis Western Railroad Bridge is also visible.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. Construction at the Mississippi River's edge, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895-11-18
Description:
Workers at a construction site along the Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. Construction at the Onalaska dam site, near La Crescent, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-09-28
Description:
Earth fill dike nearing completion at the Onalaska dam. The Onalaska dam construction project was undertaken as a component of improvements to the Upper Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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