Date: | 08 18 1912 |
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Description: | Eight cooks posing inside the dining hall. Long tables are set for a meal. |
Date: | 09 30 1912 |
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Description: | Pile drivers working within the confines of the coffer dam. Men are on the high trestle constructing chutes for pouring concrete. |
Date: | 10 17 1912 |
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Description: | Concrete plant at east end of the dam, showing the mixers, crane, and a rail car at the abutment. |
Date: | 11 02 1912 |
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Description: | Workmen using a crane to erect the gate guides for the power house. |
Date: | 11 02 1912 |
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Description: | Workmen posing during erection of the draft tubes for the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. |
Date: | 11 21 1912 |
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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... |
Date: | 12 29 1912 |
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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... |
Date: | 02 08 1913 |
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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. |
Date: | 03 19 1913 |
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Description: | A view, looking east, of the wreckage of the high trestle caused by flooding and ice. The concrete plant is visible on the far bank. |
Date: | 04 07 1913 |
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Description: | Five men, two well-dressed, posing on electric rail cars during construction of the dam. |
Date: | 05 17 1913 |
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Description: | Progress on the power house construction, with the east portion of the wall complete, and men working on forms for the rest of the wall. |
Date: | 05 28 1913 |
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Description: | Completed east portion of the first story of the generator room of the power house. Forms are in place at the west end. |
Date: | 05 28 1913 |
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Description: | Workmen on temporary walkways among reinforcing bars on the roof of the power house. |
Date: | 05 28 1913 |
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Description: | Power dam construction workers pausing during a meal in the camp dining room. Oil lamps are hanging from the ceiling; overhead electric lights are also ins... |
Date: | 05 28 1913 |
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Description: | Cooks posing in the kitchen at the power dam workers' camp. |
Date: | 06 29 1913 |
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Description: | View from the west bank of the Wisconsin River showing progress on the power dam. The narrow gauge track is visible in the foreground. |
Date: | 07 29 1913 |
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Description: | A view of the power house from the southwest, showing bricklayers and other workers. The narrow gauge railroad is in the foreground. |
Date: | 10 10 1913 |
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Description: | Workers posing with roof trusses on the power house, 85 feet above the water level at the Prairie du Sac Dam. Note the brickwork in progress. |
Date: | 11 01 1913 |
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Description: | Elevated view from the hill, looking northeast at the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. Much of the brickwork has been completed. Concrete forms for t... |
Date: | 02 01 1914 |
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Description: | A view looking west toward the lock and power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. Pilings and the elevated trestle are in the foreground. Men can be seen work... |
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