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Erecting Pile Driver for Railroad Extension to Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Workers erecting a steam driven pile driver while others survey for the railroad extension from the village of Prairie du Sac to the dam site on the Wiscon...
Map or Atlas

State Park Devil's Lake Wisconsin : Course in Plane Table Surveying

Date: 1923
Description: This topographical map of Devil's Lake State Park, Sauk County, Wisconsin, is based on 1922-1923 surveys of the area by the University of Wisconsin Summer ...
Map or Atlas

River Surveys, Eau Claire River, Wisconsin

Date: 1906
Description: Portion of title: Eau Claire River, Wisconsin. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour interval on land 5 feet. Contour interval on river surfac...
Photograph

U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while in the process of surveying land. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstac...
Photograph

U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while using a tripod stand to write. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstacle ...
Photograph

Surveying Class Practicing in front of Science Hall

Date: 1900
Description: A class of engineering students practicing surveying in front of Science Hall, located on the University of Wisconsin (Madison) campus. Eleven engineering ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon

Date: 1930
Description: Original map made with watercolor and inkwash. Includes a legend of buildings, roads, natural features and other details of the lodge. Inset at bottom has ...
Map or Atlas

Soil Map of North Central Wisconsin : Clark, Wood, Portage, Marathon, Lincoln, Taylor and Parts of Langlade, Gates and Price Counties

Date: 1903
Description: This map shows lakes, rivers, railroads, and the soil types of towns and counties. A legend of soil types and conventional signs is included. Relief is sho...
Map or Atlas

Index of In-Print Quadrangle Maps of Wisconsin

Date: 1975
Description: This map provides an index of quadrangle maps for the state. The lower left corner contains explanation land surveying completeness. Communities, counties,...
Map or Atlas

Index of Out-of-Print Quadrangle Maps of Wisconsin

Date: 1975
Description: This map provides an index of outdated quadrangle maps for the state. Communities, counties, rivers, and lakes are labeled including Lake Michigan and Lake...
Map or Atlas

Harbor Lines, Green Bay Harbor, Wis. Sheet No. 1

Date: 04 11 1940
Description: This blue line print map shows survey monument markers by type and industrial buildings and covers part of the lower Fox River and East River. The map incl...
Map or Atlas

Township No. 8, Range No. 17 East, 4th Mer. Wis. Ter

Date: 1950
Description: This photocopy of a manuscript map shows sectional township grid, hydrography, and acreages as they appeared in 1836. The township lines surveyed by Mullet...

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