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| Date: | 06 19 1911 |
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| Description: | Looking west over the Wisconsin River at the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle built for construction of the dam. Two pile drivers are seen in the a... |
| Date: | 06 21 1911 |
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| Description: | Looking east over the Wisconsin River showing the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. Two steam-driven pile drivers on barges with construction worke... |
| Date: | 09 12 1911 |
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| Description: | An overview of the dam site on the Wisconsin River from the west shore. Three pile drivers are at work on the coffer dam. The railroad trestle is in the ... |
| Date: | 10 07 1911 |
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| Description: | Workers attempt to secure the trestle against high water on the Wisconsin River during construction of the power dam. |
| Date: | 12 29 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the progress within the coffer dam showing concrete forms around the draft tubes and gate guides. The high trestle is seen extending to th... |
| Date: | 02 08 1913 |
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| Description: | A winter view with workers posing with brush mats at the power dam construction site. The gate guides and high trestle form the background. |
| 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: | 02 01 1914 |
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| Description: | A view looking west toward the lock and power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. Pilings and the elevated trestle are in the foreground. Men can be seen work... |
| Date: | 03 11 1914 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east from the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. Recently completed buttresses are in the foreground, with earlier stages of constructio... |
| Date: | 08 06 1911 |
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| Description: | A view following the lower trestle to the west bank. The construction camp buildings, including the office and temporary power plant are seen on the left. |
| 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: | 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: | 04 19 1961 |
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| Description: | View across a railroad bridge of a group of seven oil storage tanks in a wooded area. |
| Date: | 05 24 1950 |
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| Description: | A view of downtown, including the official Dells ticket office. In the foreground a man is sitting on a bench reading a newspaper, and other pedestrians ar... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a powerhouse among very high water on the Black River. Identified as the second power house with high water in 1905. |
| Date: | 12 15 1923 |
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| Description: | Passenger side view of a man sitting in a delivery truck parked on a street. In the background is an elevated highway or railroad tracks. Buildings and hou... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Illustration based on an aerial photograph of a powerhouse and dam on the Wisconsin River. A railroad bridge is upriver. The city of Kilbourn (now Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 09 14 1938 |
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| Description: | Aerial, panoramic view towards the Chickamauga Dam. |
| Date: | 04 01 1905 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Sheboygan, Wis. the .......190." The person writing the postcard added the date and year. Four scenes are displayed within Art Nouvea... |
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