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| Date: | 06 16 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of steam powered pile drivers at work on the coffer dam. |
| Date: | 07 16 1912 |
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| Description: | An overview, from the west bank, of the power dam construction site. The high trestle is in the background, and the narrow gauge electric railroad is in th... |
| Date: | 03 19 1913 |
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| 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. |
| 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: | 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: | 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 14 1911 |
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| Description: | Workers posing inside the forms for the east shore abutment at the power dam site. |
| Date: | 10 12 1911 |
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| Description: | High water has scattered timber pilings through the construction camp. The office is on the right; the smokestacks of the temporary power plant are behind ... |
| Date: | 05 17 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 01 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the power dam construction site from the west, showing the elevated trestle, coffer dam, and steam pile drivers. The concrete plant is vis... |
| 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: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the power dam on the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from bluff of Crystal Lake and surrounding rolling hills. There is a dairy farm in the foreground at the bottom of the bluff. Cows are grazing in fiel... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| 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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