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| 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: | 01 09 1913 |
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| Description: | Men are standing in the completed draft tubes after removal of the steel forms. |
| Date: | 06 13 1913 |
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| Description: | A view, from the west, of the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. Gravel from the quarry was used in concrete for the construction of the power plant and dam. |
| Date: | 07 02 1913 |
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| Description: | Workers pause while installing a maze of conduit for the switchboard in the power house. The construction camp is to the left. |
| Date: | 11 01 1913 |
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| Description: | Wooden forms are in place for construction of the walls of the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. The newly constructed power house is on the left. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Prairie du Sac hydroelectric plant and the surrounding landscape of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of high water on the Wisconsin River from a bluff on the west bank. The photograph is undated and does not indicate if it was taken prior to ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A view of the west bank of the Wisconsin River at Pounds Landing. This bluff is at the western end of the power dam which was constructed 1911-1914. Captio... |
| Date: | 05 28 1911 |
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| Description: | Men posing on a barge carrying a steam powered pile driver at work on the coffer dam for the construction of the powerhouse. Caption reads: "Driving Sheet ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A winter view of Chimney Rock at the Dells. There is snow on the ground and ice on the river. |
| Date: | 11 11 1961 |
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| Description: | View along the Wisconsin River, looking upstream from near Tower Hill State Park toward Highway 14 bridge. |
| Date: | 11 11 1961 |
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| Description: | View through patch of dense tree growth towards a Wisconsin River riverbank. |
| Date: | 04 17 1965 |
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| Description: | Flooded woods near the Wisconsin River. A sign for "The Dutch Kitchen" at Hotel Meyers is nailed to one of the trees. |
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| Description: | View of a rock formation called The Ink Stand located on the Wisconsin River. |
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| Description: | An elevated upstream view of a rock formation in the Wisconsin River known as The Ink Stand. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | View from road of the ferry "Colsac II" arriving at the shoreline of the Wisconsin River, with an automobile on the right waiting to board. |
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| Description: | The Merrimac ferry loaded with automobiles. There is an American flag flying on the ferry. |
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| Description: | The Merrimac ferry "Colsac" with an American flag. |
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| Description: | The Merrimac ferry "Colsac II" is seen on the Wisconsin River behind two signs. The signs read, "Road Closed" and "Ferry Opens April 15". |
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