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Shooting Concrete from Elevated Road at Power Dam

Date: 05 17 1912
Description: Workmen pouring concrete from the elevated railroad into forms below.
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Concrete Buttresses and Apron at East End of Power Dam

Date: 05 31 1912
Description: Forms have been removed, revealing the newly poured buttresses and apron. A man is pushing a cart on the elevated road.
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Steel Draft Tubes Showing Outlet in Power House

Date: 11 21 1912
Description: Two workmen standing in the outlet of a steel draft tube in the power house, while other men are working above it. Cars are moving along the elevated trest...
Postcard

Wells Street Viaduct

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the Wells Street Viaduct. Caption reads: "Wells Street Viaduct, Milwaukee."
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Children Near Tenements

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of five children walking in a field behind what appears to be tenement housing. Wooden fire escapes are attached to the rear of the buildings...
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Paving Blocks

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Montello granite quarry grounds shows piles of granite paving blocks. In the background, a team of horses pulls a wagon under an elevated narro...

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