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Advertisement for The Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Company, 1879
Goal: Students will see water power as an important resource made available through improvements to the
Objectives:
1) Students will be able to give a general description of the source of water power through their answers to questions 3 and 4.
2) Students will be able to name at least two businesses powered by hydro power in 1879.
3) Based upon their knowledge of the Fox River and their understanding of how hydro power is produced, students will evaluate the quality of
4) Students will make a prediction about the current production and use of hydro power along the
Examine the advertisement for The Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Company. This advertisement was published in 1879 in the Illustrated Annual Review of the Appleton Post, Devoted to the City of Appleton, Wisconsin, Its Water Power and Industries; also An Historical Sketch of the Fox River Valley by A.J. Reid.
1) Why do you think this document was written?
2) To whom was the Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Company hoping to lease access to the advertised water power sites? What evidence in the document supports your conclusion?
3) Look at the sketch and data of the Appleton Water Power. (The word head means a drop in the water level, while lift means an increase in the water level.) Note the locations of factories and mills along the river. Study each business’ location carefully. What common characteristics does the river have at these sites? In other words, what do these areas of the river have in common?
4) What does your answer to question # 3 tell you about how the river produces power?
5) What kinds of mills and factories are shown on the map? Do you know what is produced at all of the factories named? (For example, at a stave factory?) If there are some words with which you are unfamiliar, look them up in the dictionary. Fill out the table below.
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6) The advertisement claims that “some of the finest water power sites in the world” are at
7) Do you think that cities along the
