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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Steel Draft Tubes in Power House Coffer Dam
November 21, 1912
Elevated view within the coffer dam showing four steel draft tubes; wooden supports are visible inside one of the tubes.
Steel Draft Tubes in Power House Coffer Dam at Power Dam
November 21, 1912
Workmen posing on and in front of the steel draft tubes. The gate guides are visible on the right.
Erecting Draft Tubes in Power House at Coffer Dam
November 2, 1912
Workmen posing during erection of the draft tubes for the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam.
Electric Cars at Power Dam
April 7, 1913
Five men, two well-dressed, posing on electric rail cars during construction of the dam.
Steel Draft Tubes Showing Outlet in Power House
November 21, 1912
Two workmen standing in the outlet of a steel draft tube in the power house, while other men are working above it. Cars are moving along the elevated trestle above.
General View of Power House Coffer Dam at Power Dam
November 21, 1912
Elevated view of the progress of construction within the coffer dam showing the gate guides and draft tubes in place. Concrete forms and chutes, as well as timber pilings, are also visible.
