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On the Wisconsin

Date: 09 14 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "On the Wisconsin." Wooded islands on the Wisconsin River as seen from the shore. The opposite shoreline is in the background. The pow...
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Winter Scene

Date: 1959
Description: Wooded country lane along the Wisconsin River, covered with new snow and fairy frost.
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Eagle in the Tree

Date: 03 2014
Description: View of a tree standing on the bank of the Wisconsin River, framed by the snow and tree-covered hills of the opposite bank. An eagle is sitting in the midd...
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New Power Dam

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of a power dam on the Wisconsin River under construction. There is a rowboat in the foreground. On the opposite shoreline are trees and bluff...
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High Bridge

Date: 1922
Description: View from shoreline of bridge over the Wisconsin River. In the left lower foreground is a shed, and a rowboat. On the opposite shoreline are farms and fiel...
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Hoisting Machine Loading Pilings on Barge at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: Workers use a rail car mounted crane to load pilings onto a barge. Bluffs are in the distance.
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Main Office and Cement House at Power Dam

Date: 1911
Description: Newly constructed office building at construction site, with buggy in attached shed.
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Kitchen and Dining Rooms at Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Newly construced kitchen and dining rooms at the construction camp for the dam on the Wisconsin River. The kitchen building has three ventilators on the ro...
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Main Office at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: Construction workers posing during construction of the main office at the Wisconsin River dam site.
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Northeast View of Power House Coffer Dam at Power Dam

Date: 08 07 1912
Description: Men excavating within the coffer dam. One man is standing on a high piling. Several steam engines at work fill the air with smoke. The high trestle and fou...
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Excavating in West End of Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 07 25 1912
Description: A boy posing in the excavation site for the power house within the coffer dam. He is standing on the narrow gauge tracks; the high trestle is in the backgr...
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General View of Power House Coffer Dam at Power Dam

Date: 11 21 1912
Description: Elevated view of the progress of construction within the coffer dam showing the gate guides and draft tubes in place. Concrete forms and chutes, as well as...
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Concrete Chutes and Forms in Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 10 23 1923
Description: Men working on the concrete chutes and elevated trestle. Iron reinforcing bars protrude from the forms.
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Steel Draft Tubes in Power House Coffer Dam at Power Dam

Date: 11 21 1912
Description: Workmen posing on and in front of the steel draft tubes. The gate guides are visible on the right.
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Elevated View of Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 12 29 1912
Description: Elevated view of the progress within the coffer dam showing concrete forms around the draft tubes and gate guides. The high trestle is seen extending to th...
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Machinery at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 08 11 1910
Description: The first machinery at work sounding at the site for the power dam. Workmen are posing near the carriage-mounted equipment. A horse-drawn wagon is in the ...
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Brush Mats Used to Prevent Sand Washing Away at Power Dam

Date: 02 08 1913
Description: A winter view with workers posing with brush mats at the power dam construction site. The gate guides and high trestle form the background.
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Lock at Power Dam

Date: 03 11 1914
Description: Looking upstream (north) through the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. The power house is on the left. The flow of the river has been diverted through the lo...
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Downsteam Side of Power House at Power Dam

Date: 09 01 1913
Description: Elevated view of the power house from the southwest showing progress of the brickwork. Two railroad cars are standing on the railroad extension. Workers ar...
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High Water at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 10 12 1911
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...

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