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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Construction gang at work on the Wisconsin River Bridge. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Lake Delton, the Wisconsin River, and the surrounding countryside. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Lake Delton and shoreline including resort areas. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A view from a bluff on Tower HIll overlooking the Wisconsin River. A sign on the right reads: "Shot Shaft". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| 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". |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down center of the Wisconsin River bridge. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view towards buildings in Prairie du Sac from the east bank of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of toll bridge under construction. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of old toll bridge across the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac. The view is looking north toward Sauk County. |
| Date: | 08 03 1946 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff. |
| Date: | 08 11 1910 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Frozen Wisconsin River from the east bank looking west, marked to show the future location of the power dam. Logs and stumps indicate prior clearing of th... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Newly constructed office building at construction site, with buggy in attached shed. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Steam-powered pile driver and centrifugal pump (in shed) at work at the Wisconsin River dam site. Men and children are watching the work. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Newly construced kitchen and dining rooms at the construction camp for the dam on the Wisconsin River. The kitchen building has three ventilators on the ro... |
| Date: | 03 1911 |
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| Description: | Construction workers posing during construction of the main office at the Wisconsin River dam site. |
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