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Flood Damage

Date: 1880
Description: View of flood damage, showing wrecked buildings along the Wisconsin River waterfront.
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Railroad to Power Dam Washed Out by Flood

Date: 10 18 1911
Description: Workmen standing on damaged and partly submerged railroad track on the west shore of the Wisconsin River.
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Destruction of Trestle Works by High Water

Date: 10 07 1911
Description: Workers attempt to secure the trestle against high water on the Wisconsin River during construction of the power dam.
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Spring Flooding

Date: 04 1965
Description: A man and another person are in a rowboat in the flooded waters under the entrance to the covered bridge in Stonefield Village, which is a Wisconsin Histor...
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Trailer Camp Flood

Date: 02 26 1948
Description: Flood at the University of Wisconsin-Madison East Hill Trailer Camp, located at 451 North Midvale Boulevard, south of University Avenue. Several men are sh...
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High Water at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 10 11 1911
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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Extension Railroad to Power Dam Under High Water

Date: 10 12 1911
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...
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Diver at Work at Power Dam

Date: 11 05 1911
Description: A diver and team working to inspect the coffer dam for underwater damage caused by flooding.
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Sand Haulers at Town Creek

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Description: View towards men standing by a line of sand haulers on a railway. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in ...
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Flood Reconstruction

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of buildings, a railroad bridge, and in the foreground people standing on what may be a dam over the river.
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Reconstruction of Town Creek

Date: 1911
Description: View down wall towards a construction site. On the right arec men by a railway track with sand haulers, and a brick viaduct. Location identified as the f...
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First and Main after the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View towards several men on wreckage below several buildings. Identified as the damage after the flood in Black River Falls in October 1911, and showing th...
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First and Main after the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View towards several men on wreckage below several buildings. Identified as the damage after the flood in Black River Falls in October 1911 and showing the...
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Damage After 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View along eroded shoreline of the damage from the 1911 flood of the Black River. A city street had been washed away. Three men are looking at the river.
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Flood Damage

Date: 1922
Description: View along steep shoreline towards people among the rubble near buildings at the top of the bank on the left. The river is on the right. Location identifie...
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1911 Flood

Date: 10 1911
Description: View towards river with high water flooding over several buildings behind a group of people in the foreground. Identified as the flood of the Black River i...
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Villa Louis Flood Scene

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Description: Men with shovels during the flood at Villa Louis.
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Men Standing Posing on Flooded Rail Line

Date: 1919
Description: Men standing on the exposed portion of a flooded railroad track as a swiftly moving torrent of water is rushing past. Benham was a "company town" created b...
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Automobile Crossing Flooded Road

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Description: An automobile is attempting to cross a flooded street as onlookers are watching.
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Water Pipe Break at Main Street and Monona Avenue

Date: 10 29 1957
Description: Two workmen in coveralls are laying hose to pump water from a flooded pit where the Pioneer Building was demolished at Main Street and Monona Avenue. On th...

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