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| Date: | 08 01 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 09 30 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 09 1913 |
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| Description: | Men are standing in the completed draft tubes after removal of the steel forms. |
| Date: | 06 13 1913 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 07 02 1913 |
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| Description: | Workers pause while installing a maze of conduit for the switchboard in the power house. The construction camp is to the left. |
| Date: | 11 01 1913 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Prairie du Sac hydroelectric plant and the surrounding landscape of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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, ... |
| Date: | 05 28 1911 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Casual portrait of August Derleth sitting behind his typewriter in his office, with Gaylord Nelson sitting on his desk to talk. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Mr. Kleinlein poses outdoors with a photograph in his hand. There is a large building on a hill in the background. |
| Date: | 03 24 1938 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A copy of a duo-tone print of the exterior of a three-story wooden classical revival building identified as the Empire House. |
| Date: | 10 29 1951 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the Prairie du Sac High School football team and coaching staff, winners of the Tri-County League championship. |
| Date: | 02 13 1952 |
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| Description: | The Prairie du Sac High School basketball team plays Lodi on Friday night. If the Prairie du Sac team were to win the game, it would share the Tri-County L... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the power dam on the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View down middle of unpaved street of the central business district. A man is sitting in the driver's seat of an automobile along the left curb near a gara... |
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