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Title	View of south side of Mineral Point
File Name	GPNC.02.323
Date of Original	1880-1910;
Description	This image was taken from the hill behind the Walker House, on Water Street in Mineral Point. The three story stone warehouse visible at the right of the photograph is at 23 Commerce Street and was constructed in 1854 by George Cobb. Two of the engine houses that served the railraod are visible to the left of the warehouse. The many small houses on the hillsides were homes for workers in the zinc plant, many of them immigrants from Italy.
Community	Mineral Point;
County	Iowa County
State	Wisconsin;
LCTGM Subject	Warehouses; Railroad facilities;
Category	Views of Mineral Point
Submitting Institution	Mineral Point Historical Society
Collection	Glass Plate Negative Collection
Copyright and Use Statement	Copyright to this resource is held by the Mineral Point Historical Society and is provided here for educational purposes only. Commercial use or distribution of the image or content is not permitted without prior permission of the Mineral Point Historical Society. Please contact the Mineral Point Historical Society at MPHS@mineralpointhistory.org for permission to use the digital image or content.
Type	Still Image
Format	Image/ jpeg
Date Digitized	2008
Date Digitized	2008-06-20

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