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: | 06 13 1913 |
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Description: | A view, from the west, of the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. Gravel from the quarry was used in concrete for the construction of the power plant and dam. |
Date: | 11 01 1913 |
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Description: | Wooden forms are in place for construction of the walls of the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. The newly constructed power house is on the left. |
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