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High Water in Camp at Power Dam

Date: 10 12 1911
Description: High water has scattered timber pilings through the construction camp. The office is on the right; the smokestacks of the temporary power plant are behind ...
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Putting in Concrete for Apron of Power Dam

Date: 05 17 1912
Description: Elevated view of workers using shovels to level fresh concrete at the base of the chutes from the high trestle. The steam powered pile driver is at work in...
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Crane Hoisting Gravel into Concrete Mixer

Date: 05 31 1912
Description: Workers maneuvering a load of gravel into a concrete mixer at the plant on the east bank of the river. The east abutment is in the foreground, left.
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Runway Through Dam

Date: 07 01 1912
Description: A view through the runway (tunnel) cast into the concrete structure of the power dam at Prairie du Sac.
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Interior of West Shore Coffer Dam

Date: 07 16 1912
Description: Workers posing inside the coffer dam. The narrow gauge railroad is behind them. One of the pile drivers is in the background. A bare area on the bluff in t...
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High Bridge and West Shore Coffer Dam

Date: 08 01 1912
Description: Elevated view of the power dam construction site from the west, showing the elevated trestle, coffer dam, and steam pile drivers. The concrete plant is vis...
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North View Interior Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 09 30 1912
Description: Forms have been removed from the first concrete poured for the power house in the northeast corner of the coffer dam. Men are pouring concrete from rail ca...
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Draft Tubes at Power Dam

Date: 01 09 1913
Description: Men are standing in the completed draft tubes after removal of the steel forms.
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Rock Quarry on Blackhawk Bluff

Date: 06 13 1913
Description: A view, from the west, of the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. Gravel from the quarry was used in concrete for the construction of the power plant and dam.
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Conduits for Switchboard in Power House

Date: 07 02 1913
Description: Workers pause while installing a maze of conduit for the switchboard in the power house. The construction camp is to the left.
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Looking Upstream through Lock at Power Dam

Date: 11 01 1913
Description: Wooden forms are in place for construction of the walls of the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. The newly constructed power house is on the left.
Postcard

View North of Pounds Landing

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of high water on the Wisconsin River from a bluff on the west bank. The photograph is undated and does not indicate if it was taken prior to ...
Postcard

Pounds Landing North of Prairie du Sac

Date: 1907
Description: A view of the west bank of the Wisconsin River at Pounds Landing. This bluff is at the western end of the power dam which was constructed 1911-1914. Captio...
Postcard

West Side of Water Street

Date: 1909
Description: Photographer's jewelry store and clock repair shop with a watch-shaped sign in front. In the window are a clock, jewelry box, and a rack with paper goods, ...
Postcard

Driving Sheet Piling at Power Dam

Date: 05 28 1911
Description: Men posing on a barge carrying a steam powered pile driver at work on the coffer dam for the construction of the powerhouse. Caption reads: "Driving Sheet ...
Photograph

Locks at Power Dam

Date: 1913
Description: Looking across water and through the locks to a shoreline with a large hill in the background. A building is on the left, a wall and pilings are in the wat...
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Gaylord Nelson Visiting August Derleth

Date: 1960
Description: Casual portrait of August Derleth sitting behind his typewriter in his office, with Gaylord Nelson sitting on his desk to talk.
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Prairie du Sac Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Felix Ohrlien's gas station, at 105 Water Street, was built in 1944-45 and is still in use today, however it is now owned and operated by Dick Ambrose, who...
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John Gottlieb Kleinlein

Date: 1906
Description: Mr. Kleinlein poses outdoors with a photograph in his hand. There is a large building on a hill in the background.
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Municipal Water Plant Pump House

Date: 03 24 1938
Description: Interior view of the municipal water plant pump house showing the auxiliary and emergency pump units, powered by an International P-30 power unit.

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