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Historical Society Under Construction

Date: 11 24 1898
Description: View from Bascom Hill toward the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the Wisconsin Historical Society under construction.
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Completed Power House and Dam

Date: 02 28 1915
Description: Elevated view, looking east, of the power house, lock, and dam on the Wisconsin River.
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Main Office at Dam Site

Date: 04 14 1911
Description: Completed two-story wood frame main office building at the site of the Wisconsin River dam.
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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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Camp Randall Bleachers

Date: 1916
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison bleachers at Camp Randall Field undergoing weight test for proper load. They should support 6900 pounds per girder with max...
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Main Office at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: Construction workers posing during construction of the main office at the Wisconsin River dam site.
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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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General View of Power House at Power Dam

Date: 06 29 1913
Description: View from the west bank of the Wisconsin River showing progress on the power dam. The narrow gauge track is visible in the foreground.
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Pine Bluff Observatory Site

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Bulldozers and steam shovels prepare the site for the future University of Wisconsin Observatory site near Pine Bluff.
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Bacteriology Building

Date: 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Bacteriology Building, in process of construction on campus. There are cars in a parking lot in the foreground.
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Wisconsin Barbers Convention Committee

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Barbers Local #153 and Barbers Guild #23 joint committee to plan the annual convention of the Wisconsin Barber and Beauty Culture ...
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Kitchen and Dining Rooms at Dam Site

Date: 1911
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...
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First Concrete Laid at Power Dam

Date: 04 14 1911
Description: Newly poured concrete abutment on the east shore of the Wisconsin River. Iron reinforcing rods protrude from the concrete. Workmen and the steam-driven cem...
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Men Standing on Railroad Car

Date: 04 1911
Description: Group of men standing on and beside a rail car in front of the main construction office at the site of the Wisconsin River dam.
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First Smoke Stack at Power Plant Construction Site

Date: 05 06 1911
Description: Workmen posing while erecting the first smokestack at the power plant construction site on the Wisconsin River. Two men have scaled the stack.
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High Water at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 10 12 1911
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...
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Construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: View of construction workers and stone carvers/cutters (some of them probably Italian) showing the detailed sections of the building of the State Historica...
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Railroad Trestle at Dam Construction

Date: 08 15 1911
Description: Dam site on the Wisconsin river, looking southwest along the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. The coffer dam and two pile drivers are also visible...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Building Site

Date: 05 09 1946
Description: Site of the new Wisconsin Telephone Company central office building, to be constructed at corner of South Fairchild and West Main Streets. 16 S. Carroll St...
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Narrow Gauge Trestle and Coffer Dam Under Construction

Date: 06 21 1911
Description: Looking east over the Wisconsin River showing the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. Two steam-driven pile drivers on barges with construction worke...

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