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Residential Construction Site

Date: 11 02 1918
Description: Residential building site near railroad tracks, looking west. Several houses are under construction. Benham was a "company town" created by International H...
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State Office Building Construction

Date: 11 02 1930
Description: View of the State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction, from Lake Monona. The photographer's shadow and railroad tracks are in the foreg...
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State Office Building, Wilson Street, Construction

Date: 02 03 1931
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction.
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State Office Building, Wilson Street, Construction

Date: 03 02 1931
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction.
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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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Electric Railroad Across River on Ice at Power Dam

Date: 01 20 1912
Description: Elevated view of two men standing on a rail car on the narrow gauge electric railroad crossing the river at the dam construction site. The portion of track...
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Concrete Chutes and Forms in Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 10 23 1923
Description: Men working on the concrete chutes and elevated trestle. Iron reinforcing bars protrude from the forms.
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General View of Power House at Power Dam

Date: 06 29 1913
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.
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Downsteam Side of Power House at Power Dam

Date: 09 01 1913
Description: Elevated view of the power house from the southwest showing progress of the brickwork. Two railroad cars are standing on the railroad extension. Workers ar...
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Power House from Hill

Date: 11 01 1913
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...
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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...
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Electric Railroad and Coffer Dam at Power Dam, Looking West

Date: 08 06 1911
Description: A view following the lower trestle to the west bank. The construction camp buildings, including the office and temporary power plant are seen on the left.
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Interior of West Shore Coffer Dam

Date: 07 16 1912
Description: Workers posing inside the coffer dam. The narrow gauge railroad is behind them. One of the pile drivers is in the background. A bare area on the bluff in t...
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High Bridge and West Shore Coffer Dam

Date: 08 01 1912
Description: Elevated view of the power dam construction site from the west, showing the elevated trestle, coffer dam, and steam pile drivers. The concrete plant is vis...
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: View from top of new bridge of construction grounds at the bridge site. There are cars carrying building materials on the railroad tracks by the Bridgeport...
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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 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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New Addition to an East Wilson Street Office Building

Date: 06 07 1958
Description: An addition to the General Casualty company building at 117 East Wilson street nearing completion. It will house the offices of the Fire Association Group ...
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Guntersville Dam

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Description: Elevated, panoramic view of 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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