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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: View along right side of shoreline toward a Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul train crossing a bridge over the Wisconsin River.
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Construction on Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Construction gang at work on the Wisconsin River Bridge.
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Aerial View of Town

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Description: Aerial view of the town, including the Wisconsin River, and the surrounding countryside.
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Aerial View of Lake Delton

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of Lake Delton, the Wisconsin River, and the surrounding countryside.
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Aerial View of Lake Delton

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of Lake Delton and shoreline including resort areas.
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Tower Hill Bluff

Date: 1950
Description: A view from a bluff on Tower HIll overlooking the Wisconsin River. A sign on the right reads: "Shot Shaft".
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Shot Tower Tunnel

Date: 1950
Description: View across river towards the tunnel leading to the bottom of the shot tower shaft at Tower Hill State Park. There is a rustic bridge on the right leading ...
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Tower Hill Bluff

Date: 1945
Description: View from the bluff at Tower Hill State Park of the Wisconsin River. A sign on the right reads: "Tower Hill State Park Shot Shaft".
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Wisconsin River Shoreline

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin River shoreline, showing lumber rafts "tied up over Sunday."
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Wisconsin Heights, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: Elevated view. Caption on negative sleeve reads: "Black Hawk Battlefield. Wis. Heights. 'Looking it of west across river' [sic] c. 1896. Mrs. Charle...
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Bridge at Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1925
Description: View down center of the Wisconsin River bridge.
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Bridge, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1875
Description: View of the Sauk City bridge as seen from the Roxbury side. Two men are standing on the bridge on the far right, and buildings are behind the bridge on the...
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Wagon Toll Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: Wagon toll bridge. There is a building on the left, and a man is sitting on a bench on the right side of the road leading onto the bridge.
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Merrimac Ferry

Date: 1925
Description: Car ferry on the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. A ferry has operated at this site since the 1840's. In 1924 the privately owned ferry was replaced by this wo...
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Wisconsin River

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view towards buildings in Prairie du Sac from the east bank of the Wisconsin River.
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Toll Bridge Under Construction

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline of toll bridge under construction.
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Bridge on Wisconsin River

Date: 1896
Description: Bridge over the Wisconsin River.
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Wisconsin River Toll Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of old toll bridge across the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac. The view is looking north toward Sauk County.
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Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: View of the Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff.
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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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