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Wisconsin State Capitol Ruins after Collapse

Date: 11 1883
Description: The ruins of the unfinished South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol after its collapse while still under construction.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Ruins after Collapse

Date: 11 1883
Description: View of the third Wisconsin State Capitol showing the ruins of the South Wing addition after it collapsed during construction.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Construction Disaster

Date: 1883
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol after the unfinished South Wing collapsed on November 8, 1883. Defective workmanship and shoddy construction materials ca...
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Collapsed Wall of Netherwood's Printing Co.

Date: 05 03 1927
Description: Collapsed back wall of Netherwood's Printing Co., at 519 State Street.
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Heidelberg Hofbrau Fire Site

Date: 12 06 1946
Description: Heidelberg Hofbrau restaurant roof after a fire. The photograph was taken from a nearby building's roof, alternate view.
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Two Escape as Dirt Jostles House

Date: 06 21 1957
Description: A policeman and a night watchman narrowly escaped injury when a huge mound of excavated dirt fell on a house adjacent to the new State Office building cons...

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