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Machinery at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 08 11 1910
Description: The first machinery at work sounding at the site for the power dam. Workmen are posing near the carriage-mounted equipment. A horse-drawn wagon is in the ...
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Main Office at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: Construction workers posing during construction of the main office at the Wisconsin River dam site.
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Pile Driver at Work on Railroad Extension from Prairie du Sac to Dam Site

Date: 04 1911
Description: Workmen pose on a steam-powered pile driver at work at the north end of the slough on the Wisconsin River. The railroad was extended from the village to th...
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First Smoke Stack at Power Plant Construction Site

Date: 05 06 1911
Description: Workmen posing while erecting the first smokestack at the power plant construction site on the Wisconsin River. Two men have scaled the stack.
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Dining Rooms and Kitchen at Construction Site of Power Dam

Date: 06 10 1911
Description: Dining rooms and kitchen at the camp on the construction site of the Prairie du Sac dam. Workers and children pose in front of the dining rooms; there are ...
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Diver at Work at Power Dam

Date: 04 12 1912
Description: A diver posing with other workmen at the power dam construction site prior to assessing underwater damage.
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Crew at Power Dam Waiting for Dinner

Date: 05 31 1912
Description: Workmen posing outside the dining hall before dinner.
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Erecting Draft Tubes in Power House at Coffer Dam

Date: 11 02 1912
Description: Workmen posing during erection of the draft tubes for the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam.
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Electric Cars at Power Dam

Date: 04 07 1913
Description: Five men, two well-dressed, posing on electric rail cars during construction of the dam.
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Dining Room at Power Dam Camp

Date: 05 28 1913
Description: Power dam construction workers pausing during a meal in the camp dining room. Oil lamps are hanging from the ceiling; overhead electric lights are also ins...
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Kitchen at Power Dam Camp

Date: 05 28 1913
Description: Cooks posing in the kitchen at the power dam workers' camp.
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Steam Shovel in Gravel Pit

Date: 07 18 1913
Description: Workers and a boy, Edgar Walch, posing on and around a steam shovel in the quarry at Eagle View Bluff. Edgar's father, Engelbert Walch, owned the steam sho...
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Field Organization at Power Dam

Date: 02 28 1914
Description: Group portrait of workers assembled with construction materials south of the power dam at Prairie du Sac. Three men in suits are on the right. The smokesta...
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Office Force and Foremen

Date: 03 12 1914
Description: Office force and foremen posing in front of the south side of the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam.
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Office Force and Foremen

Date: 03 12 1914
Description: The office force and foremen posing before the south facade of the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam.
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Construction Workers at Dam Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: Workers posing in a doorway at the Prairie du Sac dam construction site. Two men appear to be working on a gas lamp, while others are holding spools of wir...
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Construction Workers at Dam Construction Site

Date: 1915
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...
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Men Working on Concrete Forms

Date: 1914
Description: A group of workmen posing while working on concrete forms at the Prairie du Sac dam site. Their position high above the water level affords an expansive up...
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Group of Construction Workers

Date: 1914
Description: A group of bricklayers posing with the tools of their trade in front of an unfinished brick wall at the Prairie du Sac dam site. Note the wooden form for a...
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East Shore Abutment Under Construction

Date: 04 14 1911
Description: Workers posing inside the forms for the east shore abutment at the power dam site.

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