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Kilbourn Dam

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Description: Kilbourn Dam under construction on the Wisconsin River by the Southern Wisconsin Power Company.
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Powerhouse

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Description: Indoor view of machinery inside a powerhouse.
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Power Plant and Dam

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view of the power plant and dam on the Wisconsin River. Two workers are walking near the center. On the opposite shoreline are fields and tree-cov...
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Second Powerhouse

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Description: Outdoor view of a river powerhouse surrounded by snow. Identified as the second powerhouse.
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Second Powerhouse

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Description: View across snowy ground towards a river powerhouse. Identified as the second powerhouse.
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Second Powerhouse

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Description: View across snowy yard towards a river powerhouse surrounded by snow. Identified as the second powerhouse.
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Powerhouse in Hatfield

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Description: Outdoor view across snow-covered ground towards a large brick building surrounded. There is a hill in the background. Location identified as the powerhouse...
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Hatfield Powerhouse; Interior

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Description: Indoor view of machines in a large brick building with large windows. Identified as the interior of the powerhouse on the Hatfield canal.
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Cornell Dam and Powerhouse

Date: 1913
Description: Dam and hydroelectric power house, with a billowing smokestack and a crane in the background.
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Erecting Generators in Power House at Power Dam

Date: 08 04 1914
Description: An interior view of the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam, showing assembly of the generators, identified by the manufacturer, the Allis-Chalmers Compa...
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Second Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view looking down a hill towards a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings on a hill in the background. Identified as the second powerhouse th...
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Second Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings in the background. Identified as the second powerhouse that was replaced in 191...
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Second Powerhouse with High Water

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards a powerhouse among very high water on the Black River. Identified as the second power house with high water in 1905.
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Power

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of a hydroelectric power plant owned by Northern States Power Company located on the Chippewa River. A highway bridge and a railroad bridge spa...
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Second Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view from shoreline towards a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings in the background on the opposite shoreline. Identified as the second po...
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Fishing at the Third Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse, with town buildings in the background and men fishing along the shoreline. Identified as the third powerhouse bu...
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Construction of the Powerhouse in Hatfield

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Description: Outdoor view of the construction of a large building on top of a dam. Location identified as the construction of the powerhouse on the canal in Hatfield.
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Laying the Foundation of the Second Powerhouse

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Description: Outdoor view looking down at men working on a high brick foundation on the river, with a railroad bridge in the background. Identified as the laying of the...
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Water Power

Date: 1910
Description: Water power at the Montello Granite Co. View across water toward buildings elevated above the water. Water is pouring through the foundations of some of th...
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Flume on High Water

Date: 1900
Description: Flume at high water on the Montello River.

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