Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Slightly elevated view towards buildings in Prairie du Sac from the east bank of the Wisconsin River. |
Date: | 1850 |
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Description: | Buildings along Wisconsin River. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | This was the first bridge built across the Wisconsin River, constructed about 1850, although it was not opened to traffic until 1852. It was torn down in 1... |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | View from shoreline of toll bridge under construction. |
Date: | 06 19 1911 |
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Description: | Looking west over the Wisconsin River at the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle built for construction of the dam. Two pile drivers are seen in the a... |
Date: | 07 01 1911 |
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Description: | A steam-powered centrifugal sand pump at work on the Wisconsin River during the construction of the power dam. Pilings of the coffer dam are visible in the... |
Date: | 08 15 1911 |
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Description: | Dam site on the Wisconsin river, looking southwest along the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. The coffer dam and two pile drivers are also visible... |
Date: | 10 07 1911 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the rising waters of the Wisconsin River at the construction site. This view shows the coffer dam, pile drivers, and narrow gauge railroad... |
Date: | 10 11 1911 |
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Description: | Elevated view of high water on the Wisconsin River which has inundated the coffer dam at the construction site. The narrow gauge railroad (curved line in f... |
Date: | 10 12 1911 |
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Description: | High water on the Wisconsin River has submerged the coffer dam and trestle. Two pile drivers remain in place. Log pilings are floating near the western sh... |
Date: | 10 18 1911 |
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Description: | Receding flood waters reveal destruction of the railroad extension to the power dam construction site. |
Date: | 11 05 1911 |
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Description: | A diver and team working to inspect the coffer dam for underwater damage caused by flooding. |
Date: | 03 03 1912 |
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Description: | Two women and a man posing among the timber pilings near the east shore of the river. Wooden concrete forms and two buildings are in the background. |
Date: | 05 17 1912 |
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Description: | Workmen pouring concrete from the elevated railroad into forms below. |
Date: | 06 16 1912 |
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Description: | Elevated view of steam powered pile drivers at work on the coffer dam. |
Date: | 07 16 1912 |
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Description: | An overview, from the west bank, of the power dam construction site. The high trestle is in the background, and the narrow gauge electric railroad is in th... |
Date: | 03 19 1913 |
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Description: | A view, looking east, of the wreckage of the high trestle caused by flooding and ice. The concrete plant is visible on the far bank. |
Date: | 05 28 1913 |
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Description: | Completed east portion of the first story of the generator room of the power house. Forms are in place at the west end. |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Elevated view of a group of workers posing on the east bank of the Wisconsin River at the power dam construction site. One man is strumming his shovel like... |
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