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Town on Mississippi River in Winter

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Description: View across the Mississippi River showing a town located on a bluff, possibly Fountain City and Eagle Bluff, covered with snow.
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Madison Lakeshore from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in a line with South Carroll Street. Includes State Office Building (2 wings only), 1 West Wilson Street,...
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Madison Shoreline from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison shoreline taken from Lake Monona in line with Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987). Includes Wisconsi...
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Madison Shoreline from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes 1 West Wilson Street state office building, the Wisconsin St...
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Interstate Highway Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: Excavation for bridge column footings for the Mirror Lake Bridge.
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Winter on Wisconsin River

Date: 1941
Description: Snow scene on 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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Wreck of High Trestle at Power Dam

Date: 03 19 1913
Description: A view, looking east, of the wreckage of the high trestle caused by flooding and ice. The concrete plant is visible on the far bank.
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Completed Power House and Dam

Date: 02 28 1915
Description: Elevated view, looking east, of the power house, lock, and dam on the Wisconsin River.
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Skillet Falls in Winter

Date: 1909
Description: A well-dressed woman with a walking stick stands on ice at the partially frozen Skillet Falls. Bare trees frame the scene. There are patches of snow and tr...
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Eymard Seminary Ice Hockey

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Description: A group of boys from Eymard Seminary wearing ice skates and winter dress while holding hockey sticks.
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Lumber Mill on Chippewa River in Winter

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Description: A lumber mill complex on the banks of the Chippewa River. Patches of ice are on the river. Numerous logs lie on the shore opposite the mill and on the ice.
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 01 23 1931
Description: View from shoreline of bridge during construction over the icy river.
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: View from shoreline of a crane lifting machinery to workers at the top of the bridge during construction. Words on the crane reads, "Stevens Brothers and S...
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: The entrance to the bridge during construction. A worker works on the side of the bridge on the right. Other workers in the middle of the bridge lay boards...
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City Water Pumping Station at Town Creek

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Description: Three men posed standing on the porch of a small brick building with a tall smokestack, probably the City Water Pumping Station at Town Creek, surrounded b...
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Ice Storm Aftermath

Date: 03 1975
Description: "After an ice storm, poles were down on Hwy 175, south of Theresa."
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Ice Storm Aftermath

Date: 03 1975
Description: "After the ice storm it was a mess on Doyle Road."
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Ice Storm Aftermath

Date: 03 1975
Description: "Crews begin the cleanup after the ice storm."
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Iceboating

Date: 1920
Description: Three men work with an iceboat just offshore near Cottage Row Road. The sail and boom lie on the ice. There are boathouses and three windmills along the ...

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