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High Water at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 10 12 1911
Description: High water on the Wisconsin River has submerged the coffer dam and trestle. Two pile drivers remain in place. Log pilings are floating near the western sh...
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Foundation Piles and Concrete Forms at East End of Power Dam

Date: 03 03 1912
Description: Two women and a man posing among the timber pilings near the east shore of the river. Wooden concrete forms and two buildings are in the background.
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Concrete Mixer and East Shore Abutment at Power Dam

Date: 04 13 1912
Description: The concrete mixer standing near the newly poured east shore abutment while men are working nearby. Reinforcing rods protrude from the abutment.
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Steam Shovel Loading Electric Cars with Gravel

Date: 04 13 1912
Description: Workmen operating a steam shovel loading gravel into electric rail cars during construction of the power dam.
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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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Concrete Forms at East End of Power Dam

Date: 05 10 1912
Description: Work progresses on the wooden concrete forms at the east side of the river. The steam-powered pile drivers are also visible.
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General View, Looking East of Work on Power Dam

Date: 06 16 1912
Description: Elevated view of steam powered pile drivers at work on the coffer dam.
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Northeast View of Interior of Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 09 30 1912
Description: Pile drivers working within the confines of the coffer dam. Men are on the high trestle constructing chutes for pouring concrete.
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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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General View of Power House Coffer Dam at Power Dam

Date: 11 21 1912
Description: Elevated view of the progress of construction within the coffer dam showing the gate guides and draft tubes in place. Concrete forms and chutes, as well as...
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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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Pen Stock Roof in Power House at Power Dam

Date: 05 28 1913
Description: Workmen on temporary walkways among reinforcing bars on the roof of the power house.
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Last Stretch of Buttresses of Power Dam

Date: 03 11 1914
Description: Elevated view looking east from the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. Recently completed buttresses are in the foreground, with earlier stages of constructio...
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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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Putting in Concrete for Apron of Power Dam

Date: 05 17 1912
Description: Elevated view of workers using shovels to level fresh concrete at the base of the chutes from the high trestle. The steam powered pile driver is at work in...
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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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Looking Upstream through Lock at Power Dam

Date: 11 01 1913
Description: Wooden forms are in place for construction of the walls of the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. The newly constructed power house is on the left.
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Old and New School Building

Date: 1924
Description: Children play on makeshift seesaws created from construction materials outside the old schoolhouse.
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New Power Dam

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of a power dam on the Wisconsin River under construction. There is a rowboat in the foreground. On the opposite shoreline are trees and bluff...

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