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Destruction of Trestle Works by High Water

Date: 10 07 1911
Description: Workers attempt to secure the trestle against high water on the Wisconsin River during construction of the power dam.
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Railroad to Power Dam Washed Out by Flood

Date: 10 18 1911
Description: Workmen standing on damaged and partly submerged railroad track on the west shore of the Wisconsin River.
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Pulling Steel Sheet Piling at Power Dam

Date: 05 03 1912
Description: Workmen on a barge using a pulley to raise sheet steel pilings which were damaged by high water in October, 1911.
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Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

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Description: View of a construction site, with a ditch in the foreground. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Black...
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Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: Outdoor view of a construction site, with wreckage in a ditch. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Bla...
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Reconstruction of Town Creek

Date: 1911
Description: View down wall towards a construction site. On the right arec men by a railway track with sand haulers, and a brick viaduct. Location identified as the f...
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Reconstruction of Town Creek

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with men working by a railway track with sand haulers, and a brick viaduct. Location identified as the fill and reconstru...
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Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with people walking on a dirt road, and others working at the site. Location identified as the reconstruction following t...
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Construction of the New Channel

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of a construction site, with wreckage behind a wooden wall. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 f...
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Wreck of the Sand Hauler during Reconstruction of Town Creek

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Description: View of wreckage in a ditch. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Black River Falls, and the wreck of t...

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