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| Date: | 10 07 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the rising waters of the Wisconsin River at the construction site. This view shows the coffer dam, pile drivers, and narrow gauge railroad... |
| Date: | 10 07 1911 |
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| Description: | Workers attempt to secure the trestle against high water on the Wisconsin River during construction of the power dam. |
| Date: | 10 07 1911 |
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| Description: | Two men in a boat approaching a wooden gravel bin at the construction site. Other men are watching from atop the structure and from the shore. |
| Date: | 10 11 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of high water on the Wisconsin River which has inundated the coffer dam at the construction site. The narrow gauge railroad (curved line in f... |
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| Description: | Woman in bathing suit posing on ledge. High Rock is in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group of four standing on the rocks along shore of the Wisconsin River at the Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards a tour steamboat docked on the shore of the Wisconsin River in the Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from elevated rocks on shoreline of a steamboat on the Wisconsin River touring the Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Crowded steamboat touring the Wisconsin Dells. There is a group of four people standing on the shore of the Wisconsin River looking on. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Rear view of steamboat on the Wisconsin River touring the Wisconsin Dells. The riverbanks are on either side. |
| Date: | 10 12 1911 |
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| Description: | High water on the Wisconsin River has submerged the coffer dam and trestle. Two pile drivers remain in place. Log pilings are floating near the western sh... |
| Date: | 10 12 1911 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing on the tracks of the newly constructed railroad extension to the construction site of the Prairie du Sac dam. Behind them, the tracks... |
| Date: | 10 18 1911 |
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| Description: | Receding flood waters reveal destruction of the railroad extension to the power dam construction site. |
| Date: | 10 18 1911 |
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| Description: | Workmen standing on damaged and partly submerged railroad track on the west shore of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 11 05 1911 |
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| Description: | A diver and team working to inspect the coffer dam for underwater damage caused by flooding. |
| Date: | 01 20 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two men standing on a rail car on the narrow gauge electric railroad crossing the river at the dam construction site. The portion of track... |
| Date: | 03 03 1912 |
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| Description: | Two women and a man posing among the timber pilings near the east shore of the river. Wooden concrete forms and two buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 04 13 1912 |
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| Description: | The concrete mixer standing near the newly poured east shore abutment while men are working nearby. Reinforcing rods protrude from the abutment. |
| Date: | 04 13 1912 |
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| Description: | Workmen operating a steam shovel loading gravel into electric rail cars during construction of the power dam. |
| Date: | 04 12 1912 |
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| Description: | A diver posing with other workmen at the power dam construction site prior to assessing underwater damage. |
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