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| 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: | 05 31 1912 |
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| Description: | Workers maneuvering a load of gravel into a concrete mixer at the plant on the east bank of the river. The east abutment is in the foreground, left. |
| Date: | 07 01 1912 |
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| Description: | A view through the runway (tunnel) cast into the concrete structure of the power dam at Prairie du Sac. |
| Date: | 07 16 1912 |
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| Description: | Workers posing inside the coffer dam. The narrow gauge railroad is behind them. One of the pile drivers is in the background. A bare area on the bluff in t... |
| 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: | 09 30 1912 |
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| Description: | Forms have been removed from the first concrete poured for the power house in the northeast corner of the coffer dam. Men are pouring concrete from rail ca... |
| Date: | 01 09 1913 |
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| Description: | Men are standing in the completed draft tubes after removal of the steel forms. |
| 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: | 12 20 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the new building for radio station WIBA under construction. There are piles of snow and building supplies around an entrance. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Two men stand at the construction site for International Harvester's exhibit building at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the partially completed International Harvester exhibit building for the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A chalk rendering of the proposed State Office Building by State Architect, Arthur Peabody. The Wisconsin State Capitol is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A drawing of a State Office Building as originally proposed. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | State architect, Arthur Peabody's rendition of the State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A drawing by State Architect, Arthur Peabody, depicting the proposed State Street facade of the University Club building. |
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| Description: | Two men working on the construction of a building at Highlander Folk School. |
| 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 ... |
| Date: | 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of construction of the new building, at Sixth Street and Highland Avenue. The downtown can be seen in the background, including the Schlitz c... |
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