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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View from the bluff at Tower Hill State Park of the Wisconsin River. A sign on the right reads: "Tower Hill State Park Shot Shaft". |
| Date: | 08 11 1910 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Workers erecting a steam driven pile driver while others survey for the railroad extension from the village of Prairie du Sac to the dam site on the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 10 07 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the rising waters of the Wisconsin River at the construction site. This view shows the coffer dam, pile drivers, and narrow gauge railroad... |
| Date: | 04 13 1912 |
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| Description: | The concrete mixer standing near the newly poured east shore abutment while men are working nearby. Reinforcing rods protrude from the abutment. |
| Date: | 04 17 1965 |
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| Description: | Flooded woods near the Wisconsin River. A sign for "The Dutch Kitchen" at Hotel Meyers is nailed to one of the trees. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | View from road of the ferry "Colsac II" arriving at the shoreline of the Wisconsin River, with an automobile on the right waiting to board. |
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| Description: | The Merrimac ferry loaded with automobiles. There is an American flag flying on the ferry. |
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| Description: | The Merrimac ferry "Colsac II" is seen on the Wisconsin River behind two signs. The signs read, "Road Closed" and "Ferry Opens April 15". |
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| Description: | A close view of the Merrimac ferry "Colsac I" with a sign reading, "Stop Your Motor When Ferry Is Moving". |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A view from shoreline below a bridge that crosses the Wisconsin River. There are two signs on the upper level of the bridge. One is for weight limit and th... |
| Date: | 06 2014 |
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| Description: | View through chain-link fence towards the railroad trestle that spans the Wisconsin River, worn with age, and split apart in the middle. There is a padlock... |
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| Description: | A car ferry moving out across the Wisconsin River. Three boys are swimming in the river in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Text handwritten on right: "Wis. River Bridge, Sauk City, Wis." A view straight through the bridge girders to the opposite side. Signs can be seen on the o... |
| Date: | 12 06 1932 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Approach to Wisconsin River Bridge - Sauk City, Wis." The view is straight across to the opposite side. Trees and hills are on the fa... |
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