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Photograph

Man Standing by Generators in Power House

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a man standing near the generators inside the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. The base of the generators is marked with the name of...
Photograph

Generators in Power House

Date: 1915
Description: A man is standing on a staircase overlooking an operating generator in the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam.
Photograph

Construction Workers at Dam Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: Workers posing in a doorway at the Prairie du Sac dam construction site. Two men appear to be working on a gas lamp, while others are holding spools of wir...
Photograph

Construction Workers at Dam Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a group of workers posing on the east bank of the Wisconsin River at the power dam construction site. One man is strumming his shovel like...
Photograph

Man Running Machinery

Date: 1915
Description: A worker standing at the controls of a generator, most likely in the temporary power house at the Prairie du Sac dam site. The steam driven generator produ...
Photograph

Young Woman

Date: 1915
Description: A young woman sits on a log which lies over a stream bed in a wooded area.
Postcard

Devil's Doorway, Devil's Lake

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. The lake, bluffs, trees and sky are visible in the backgrou...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Kilbourn, Wisconsin and Vicinity

Date: 1915
Description: This 1915 map covers the section of the Wisconsin River in southern Adams, southeastern Juneau, northeastern Sauk, and northwestern Columbia counties. A po...
Postcard

The High Bridge and Dam

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized postcard view of a bridge over a dam on a river. Trees are along both banks. Caption reads: "The High Bridge and Dam, Baraboo, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Sauk City

Date: 1915
Description: A Sanborn fire insurance map of Sauk City created in 1915.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Sauk City

Date: 1915
Description: A Sanborn fire insurance map of Sauk City created in 1915.

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