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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 03 31 1928
Description: Elevated view looking northeast from Monona Avenue at the front of the U.S. Post Office and Federal Court Building under construction, with a large number ...
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Construction of Pyrofax Plant

Date: 10 09 1929
Description: A Chicago & North Western Railroad Bucyrus crane installing a large tank at a Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Company Pyrofax plant, at 130 Fair Oaks Avenue.
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First Congregational Church Construction

Date: 03 28 1929
Description: A crane at work on the First Congregational Church, located at 1609 University Avenue at the corner of North Breese Terrace.
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 03 27 1947
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north across basement and first floor with part of the second floor under construction...
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Hoisting Machine Loading Pilings on Barge at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: Workers use a rail car mounted crane to load pilings onto a barge. Bluffs are in the distance.
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Concrete Mixers and Hoisting Crane, East End of Power Dam

Date: 10 17 1912
Description: Concrete plant at east end of the dam, showing the mixers, crane, and a rail car at the abutment.
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Erecting Gate Guides in Power House at Power Dam

Date: 11 02 1912
Description: Workmen using a crane to erect the gate guides for the power house.
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Pile Coated with Sand at Power Dam

Date: 03 11 1913
Description: Workers posing by a piling coated with sand suspended from a crane.
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Crane Hoisting Gravel into Concrete Mixer

Date: 05 31 1912
Description: Workers maneuvering a load of gravel into a concrete mixer at the plant on the east bank of the river. The east abutment is in the foreground, left.
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Construction Site for Canada Dry Bottling Company

Date: 11 17 1948
Description: Construction scene of the Canada Dry Bottling Company building at 3396 University Avenue. Frenchy's restaurant is in the background.
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Park Motor Hotel

Date: 11 21 1961
Description: "Sidewalk superintendent's" view of the excavation for the new Park Motor Inn on the Capitol Square.
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Findorff Construction Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Construction site of the Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Office Building & Bus Station. The address of the bus station was 122 West Washington Avenue, but th...
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Wheeler Dam

Date: 12 13 1938
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Wheeler Dam from the south side of the Tennessee River.
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Pickwick Dam

Date: 08 01 1936
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Pickwick Dam under construction.
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Pickwick Dam Power House

Date: 03 24 1937
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the construction of the Pickwick Dam power house and spillway.
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Guntersville Dam

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Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Guntersville Dam.
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Guntersville Dam

Date: 12 05 1938
Description: Elevated, panoramic view from upstream towards the Guntersville Dam.
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Guntersville Dam

Date: 02 09 1939
Description: Elevated, panoramic view from upstream towards the Guntersville Dam.
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Chickamauga Dam

Date: 07 23 1936
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Chickamauga Dam.
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Chickamauga Dam

Date: 09 14 1938
Description: Aerial, panoramic view towards the Chickamauga Dam.

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