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Photograph

Looking Upstream through Lock at Power Dam

Date: 11 01 1913
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.
Photograph

Prairie du Sac Hydroelectric Plant

Date: 1924
Description: Aerial view of the Prairie du Sac hydroelectric plant and the surrounding landscape of the Wisconsin River.
Postcard

View North of Pounds Landing

Date: 1910
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 ...
Postcard

Pounds Landing North of Prairie du Sac

Date: 1907
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...
Postcard

Driving Sheet Piling at Power Dam

Date: 05 28 1911
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 ...
Map or Atlas

Topographic Map of Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: Topographic map of the Wisconsin River done under direction of Daniel Meade for construction of the Kilbourn dam by the Southern Wisconsin Power Company. I...
Photograph

Aerial View of Portage

Date: 02 09 1949
Description: One of five aerial views of Portage, including the frozen Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Aerial View of Necedah, Wisconsin

Date: 04 16 1949
Description: Aerial view of Necedah, Wisconsin, and Petenwell Lake behind Petenwell Dam on the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Aerial View of Castle Rock Dam

Date: 04 16 1949
Description: Aerial view of Castle Rock Dam on the Wisconsin River near Mauston, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Petenwell Dam

Date: 04 16 1949
Description: Aerial view of Petenwell Dam and dike on Wisconsin River twenty miles north of Necedah, Wisconsin showing the early formation of Lake Petenwell.
Photograph

Steamer in the Dells

Date: 1903
Description: Group of people on the excursion steamer Eleanor in the Dells.
Photograph

Cary with Dog in the Dells

Date: 1903
Description: The photographer's son, Cary Bass, and a dog on a rock formation in the Wisconsin Dells near the Wisconsin River. In the background there is writing on a r...
Photograph

Chimney Rock

Date: 1910
Description: A winter view of Chimney Rock at the Dells. There is snow on the ground and ice on the river.
Photograph

Jaws of the Dells

Date: 1910
Description: View from bank of the Wisconsin River of the Jaws of the Dells in winter. Snow is on the ground and ice lines the shoreline.
Photograph

Chimney Rock

Date: 1910
Description: Chimney Rock at the Dells in winter.
Photograph

Jaws of the Dells

Date: 1910
Description: The Locks and Jaws of the Dells in winter, taken at Devil's Elbow. The roof of the Larks Hotel, with the hotel's name on it, is visible in the background.
Photograph

Dells of the Wisconsin River

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the rock formations along the Wisconsin River at the Dells.
Photograph

Lone Rock

Date: 1910
Description: View across Wisconsin River of men and women in canoes at the base of Lone Rock at the Dells.
Photograph

Boat from Lone Rock Cave

Date: 1910
Description: A man paddles a canoe with four women passengers, as seen from inside Lone Rock Cave at the Dells. The far shoreline can be seen in the background.
Photograph

Sugar Bowl

Date: 1910
Description: The rock formation at the Dells known as the Sugar Bowl.

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