Date: | 06 13 1913 |
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Description: | A view, from the west, of the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. Gravel from the quarry was used in concrete for the construction of the power plant and dam. |
Date: | 07 02 1913 |
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Description: | Workers pause while installing a maze of conduit for the switchboard in the power house. The construction camp is to the left. |
Date: | 11 01 1913 |
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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. |
Date: | 1924 |
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Description: | Aerial view of the Prairie du Sac hydroelectric plant and the surrounding landscape of the Wisconsin River. |
Date: | 05 28 1911 |
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Description: | Men posing on a barge carrying a steam powered pile driver at work on the coffer dam for the construction of the powerhouse. Caption reads: "Driving Sheet ... |
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Description: | Several men are visible using a large net to fish near the Depere [sic] Falls. |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Elevated view of dam on river. A bridge is in the background. Houses are on top of the hill on the right side. Caption reads: "The Dam, Milwaukee River." |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | Elevated view of dam with a bridge further up the river. Buildings are along the shoreline and on top of the hill on the right. Caption reads: "Scene Above... |
Date: | 07 06 1937 |
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Description: | Dedication ceremony for the dam on the St. Croix River that is now part of the Gordon Dam County Park. Construction on this dam was begun as a WPA project... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Looking across water and through the locks to a shoreline with a large hill in the background. A building is on the left, a wall and pilings are in the wat... |
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Description: | Three women playfully pose among logs near a railroad bridge that passes over a dam. On the bridge, a standing man is visible. |
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Description: | Two women walk the shoreline of a river. In the background, a dam and railroad bridge are visible. |
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Description: | A woman sits with a kitten in her lap near a dam. This dam is probably the log dam on the Black River. In the background, the boarding house for Spaulding ... |
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Description: | A woman gathers stones at the bottom of a falls near a dam, probably the Hatfield Dam. |
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Description: | Several boys stand and sit on a concrete dam under a railroad bridge. |
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Description: | A large group of boys stand and sit on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim to the oth... |
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Description: | A large group of boys are standing and sitting on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim... |
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Description: | People stand on the bridge over a dam, probably the Douglas Dam and Mill near Melrose. |
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Description: | Elevated view of Black River Falls after the flood of 1911. Several men and youth are visible in the foreground, in addition to the new dam construction. |
Date: | 1907 |
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Description: | Topographic map of the Wisconsin River done under direction of Daniel Meade for construction of the Kilbourn dam by the Southern Wisconsin Power Company. I... |
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