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| Date: | 04 18 1965 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin River in flood, looking downstream. |
| Date: | 02 13 1915 |
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| Description: | Two men traveling in a horse-drawn wagon on a flooded rural road. Original caption reads: "Example of road building in Lamar County on the Vernon-Columbus ... |
| Date: | 04 09 1945 |
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| Description: | A.M. Mickelson, 10 N. Owen Dr., inspecting the scene of the explosion at the base of Sunset point where three Madison boys were badly burned while playing ... |
| Date: | 10 07 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the rising waters of the Wisconsin River at the construction site. This view shows the coffer dam, pile drivers, and narrow gauge railroad... |
| Date: | 10 11 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of high water on the Wisconsin River which has inundated the coffer dam at the construction site. The narrow gauge railroad (curved line in f... |
| Date: | 10 12 1911 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 12 1911 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing on the tracks of the newly constructed railroad extension to the construction site of the Prairie du Sac dam. Behind them, the tracks... |
| Date: | 10 18 1911 |
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| Description: | Receding flood waters reveal destruction of the railroad extension to the power dam construction site. |
| Date: | 10 18 1911 |
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| Description: | Workmen standing on damaged and partly submerged railroad track on the west shore of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 11 05 1911 |
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| Description: | A diver and team working to inspect the coffer dam for underwater damage caused by flooding. |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 04 15 1925 |
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| Description: | Two women using McCormick-Deering relief tractors in a field damaged by the "tri-state tornado." The tractors appear to be 10-20s. |
| Date: | 04 01 1925 |
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| Description: | Men standing in a field with trees and buildings damaged by the "tri-state tornado." |
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| Description: | Rainwater pooling on the curb and in the driveway of a residence. A garage and well-groomed yard is also visible. A tricycle and coaster wagon are on a wal... |
| Date: | 02 08 1950 |
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| Description: | Smoldering ruins of the Virgil Normington home in the town of Madison, a half-mile south of the Badger School on E. Badger Road at Rimrock Road. |
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| Description: | View from field of several individuals around a large pile of brush under spits near a rough short fence and lodge. Possibly a feast fire at a powwow. |
| Date: | 07 04 1960 |
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| Description: | Landscape view of a flooded field at sunrise. |
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