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Unitarian Church and Vet's Hospital

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Frank Lloyd-Wright-dsigned Unitarian Church under construction and the Veteran's Administration Hospital, also under construction, to th...
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State Office Building, Wilson Street, Construction

Date: 05 01 1931
Description: State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction. This is a side view, with two posters advertising: "10 Nights in a Barroom" at the Orpheum T...
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Hydraulics Laboratory Addition

Date: 03 28 1929
Description: Men working on the concrete forms for the roof of the addition to the University of Wisconsin hydraulics laboratory, 660 N. Park Street looking north over ...
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Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 03 28 1929
Description: Elevated view from the south east of men constructing the concrete forms for the roof of the addition to the University of Wisconsin-Madison hydraulics lab...
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Van Hise Dormitories Under Construction

Date: 12 1925
Description: Elevated view of the Van Hise Dormitories under construction: Adams, Tripp, Carson Gulley Commons, and a view of Picnic Point, at the University of Wiscons...
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International Trucks Used in Excavation

Date: 1929
Description: Three International HS-54(?) dump trucks haul dirt from an excavation site. The trucks were owned by R.J. Blackburn, Inc. and Arrow Hauling Co., Inc.
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Lake Forest Community Plan

Date: 1917
Description: The Lake Forest community plan, a model community that was planned for the site where the University of Wisconsin Arboretum now stands.
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Tower Foundation

Date: 1898
Description: View from water tower, showing the grove where Black Hawk's pursuers were supposed to have camped in 1832. The group of men in the foreground are digging f...
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124 Langdon Street

Date: 1924
Description: 124 Langdon Street, viewed from Lake Mendota. The house was designed by Madison architect Frank Riley and built in 1924 for the Kappa Sigma fraternity. T...
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Main Office and Cement House at Power Dam

Date: 1911
Description: Newly constructed office building at construction site, with buggy in attached shed.
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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...
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Main Office at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: Construction workers posing during construction of the main office at the Wisconsin River dam site.
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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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Main Office at Dam Site

Date: 04 14 1911
Description: Completed two-story wood frame main office building at the site of the Wisconsin River dam.
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First Concrete Laid at Power Dam

Date: 04 14 1911
Description: Newly poured concrete abutment on the east shore of the Wisconsin River. Iron reinforcing rods protrude from the concrete. Workmen and the steam-driven cem...
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Men Standing on Railroad Car

Date: 04 1911
Description: Group of men standing on and beside a rail car in front of the main construction office at the site of the Wisconsin River dam.
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First Smoke Stack at Power Plant Construction Site

Date: 05 06 1911
Description: Workmen posing while erecting the first smokestack at the power plant construction site on the Wisconsin River. Two men have scaled the stack.
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Dining Rooms and Kitchen at Construction Site of Power Dam

Date: 06 10 1911
Description: Dining rooms and kitchen at the camp on the construction site of the Prairie du Sac dam. Workers and children pose in front of the dining rooms; there are ...
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Narrow Gauge Trestle and Pile Drivers at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 06 19 1911
Description: Looking west over the Wisconsin River at the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle built for construction of the dam. Two pile drivers are seen in the a...
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Narrow Gauge Trestle and Coffer Dam Under Construction

Date: 06 21 1911
Description: Looking east over the Wisconsin River showing the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. Two steam-driven pile drivers on barges with construction worke...

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