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Riverbank in Winter

Date: 1911
Description: Winter scene, probably along the Wisconsin River, possibly near Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Gre...
Photograph

Line of Prairie du Sac Power Dam Looking West

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...
Photograph

Main Office and Cement House at Power Dam

Date: 1911
Description: Newly constructed office building at construction site, with buggy in attached shed.
Photograph

Erecting Pile Driver for Railroad Extension to Dam Site

Date: 1911
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...
Photograph

Pile Driver and Cenrifugal Pump at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Steam-powered pile driver and centrifugal pump (in shed) at work at the Wisconsin River dam site. Men and children are watching the work.
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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...
Map or Atlas

Map of Crawford County, Wisconsin, Showing Rural Delivery Service

Date: 1911
Description: Blue line print. Shows post offices, houses, schools, churches, roads, routes, rivers, and railroads. Includes explanation of symbols. "H.G.M. October 12,...
Photograph

Mill Dam

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of the Mill Dam at the convergence of Lake Wisconsin and the Wisconsin River.
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin River Valley

Date: 1911
Description: This map includes references to reservoirs, industrial sites, and drainage basins.

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