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| Date: | 03 03 1912 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 05 03 1912 |
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| Description: | Workmen on a barge using a pulley to raise sheet steel pilings which were damaged by high water in October, 1911. |
| Date: | 05 17 1913 |
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| Description: | Progress on the power house construction, with the east portion of the wall complete, and men working on forms for the rest of the wall. |
| Date: | 05 28 1913 |
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| Description: | Completed east portion of the first story of the generator room of the power house. Forms are in place at the west end. |
| Date: | 05 28 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen on temporary walkways among reinforcing bars on the roof of the power house. |
| Date: | 06 29 1913 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 07 29 1913 |
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| Description: | A view of the power house from the southwest, showing bricklayers and other workers. The narrow gauge railroad is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 09 01 1913 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 10 1913 |
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| Description: | Workers posing with roof trusses on the power house, 85 feet above the water level at the Prairie du Sac Dam. Note the brickwork in progress. |
| Date: | 11 01 1913 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 11 1914 |
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| Description: | Looking upstream (north) through the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. The power house is on the left. The flow of the river has been diverted through the lo... |
| Date: | 03 12 1914 |
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| Description: | Office force and foremen posing in front of the south side of the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. |
| Date: | 03 12 1914 |
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| Description: | The office force and foremen posing before the south facade of the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. |
| Date: | 08 04 1914 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam showing the switchboard. |
| Date: | 08 04 1914 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam, showing assembly of the generators, identified by the manufacturer, the Allis-Chalmers Compa... |
| Date: | 10 11 1914 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east across the power house, lock, and uncompleted portion of the dam. The concrete plant is seen on the far bank. The rising water o... |
| Date: | 11 03 1914 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the power house with the Allis-Chalmers generators installed. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man standing near the generators inside the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. The base of the generators is marked with the name of... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A man is standing on a staircase overlooking an operating generator in the power house at the Prairie du Sac 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. |
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