Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: County of Sauk
Filter: Creator Name of Eberhart, F. S.
| Date: | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Stack of logs with the caption "Piles to be used for extending R.R. to dam site." |
| Date: | 11 03 1914 |
|---|---|
| Description: | An elevated view of the Gate Piers at the power dam. Men are working on top of the dam. Farm buildings and bluffs are on the opposite shoreline. |
| Date: | 03 1913 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View down steep hill at an ice gorge on a river at a power dam. |
| Date: | 03 19 1913 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A view of an ice gorge on the north side of a power dam. The opposite shoreline is on the left. |
| Date: | 10 17 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A crowd gathers for the laying of the cornerstone of the Hon. J.S. Tripp Library and Hall. J. Stephen Tripp was a pioneer in Prairie du Sac, a lawyer, and ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
|---|---|
| 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... |
| Date: | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Frozen Wisconsin River from the east bank looking west, marked to show the future location of the power dam. Logs and stumps indicate prior clearing of th... |
| Date: | 10 17 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Concrete plant at east end of the dam, showing the mixers, crane, and a rail car at the abutment. |
| Date: | 11 02 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Workmen using a crane to erect the gate guides for the power house. |
| Date: | 11 02 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Workmen posing during erection of the draft tubes for the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. |
| Date: | 11 21 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view within the coffer dam showing four steel draft tubes; wooden supports are visible inside one of the tubes. |
| Date: | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man is standing on a staircase overlooking an operating generator in the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. |
| 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 ... |
| Date: | 10 07 1911 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Workers attempt to secure the trestle against high water on the Wisconsin River during construction of the power dam. |
| Date: | 05 31 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Workmen posing outside the dining hall before dinner. |
| Date: | 07 16 1912 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A group of workmen posing while working on concrete forms at the Prairie du Sac dam site. Their position high above the water level affords an expansive up... |
| Date: | 06 19 1911 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 06 21 1911 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Looking east over the Wisconsin River showing the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. Two steam-driven pile drivers on barges with construction worke... |
| Date: | 07 01 1911 |
|---|---|
| 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... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: