Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Dam - Lake Decatur - Sangamon River - c.1920

This is a picture of the dam over Lake Decatur/Sangamon River c.1920

Tags: c. 1920, dam, Decatur IL, Hibbs Personal Papers, lake, River

These are photographs of the scenery of Nelson Park. The photographs were taken by Rembrandt Studio and W.M. Bishop c. 1910.

Tags: c. 1910, Decatur IL, Decatur Park District, lake, lake bed, Nelson Park, Rembrandt Studio, scenery, W.M. Bishop

This photograph shows a group of women and girls in a canoe on a lake in Fairview Park. The photo was taken by C.F. Ebenhardt.

Tags: aunties, c. 1900, C.F. Ebenhardt, canoe, canoe trip, Decatur IL, Decatur Park District, Fairview Park, family, Girls, Group, lake, mother, Noel C. Dicks Collection, Photograph, Women

Photograph of a group of wimmers during the summer in 1912.

Tags: 1912, Decatur IL, Herald and Review, lake, Photo File: Recreation, Recreation, Summer, Swimmers, swimming

Photograph of a group of lifeguards thought to be at Lake Decatur at an unknown date.

Tags: Decatur IL, Group, lake, Lake Decatur, Lifeguard, Lifeguards, Photo File: Lake Decatur

Photographs of the Waterworks and the reservoir.

Tags: building, Decatur IL, lake, Lake Decatur, Photo File: Lake Decatur, Reservoir, Waterworks

Photographs of the interior of the Waterworks.

Tags: Decatur IL, Engine Room, interior, lake, Lake Decatur, Photo File: Lake Decatur, Water, Waterworks

Photographs of the Waterworks while under construction.

Tags: 1908, Construction, Decatur IL, lake, Lake Decatur, Photo File: Lake Decatur, River, Sangamon, Sangamon River, Water, Waterworks

Photographs of scenes on the Sangamon River.

Tags: 1914, 1915, Bathers, boat, Boats, Decatur IL, Flood, lake, Lake Decatur, Photo File: Lake Decatur, River, Sangamon, Sangamon River, scene, Water

Photographs of boat houses along the Sangamon River before the valley was flooded to create Lake Decatur.

Tags: 1916, boat, Boat House, Cabin, Decatur IL, house, lake, Lake Decatur, Photo File: Lake Decatur, River, Sangamon, Sangamon River