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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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Looking Upstream through Lock at Power Dam
November 1, 1913
Wooden forms are in place for construction of the walls of the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. The newly constructed power house is on the left.
Government Barges Passing Through Lock at Power Dam
May 13, 1914
A view upstream through the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. Workmen are guiding a barge through the lock as a man and woman are watching from steps in the wall in the foreground on the left.
Last Stretch of Buttresses of Power Dam
March 11, 1914
Elevated view looking east from the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. Recently completed buttresses are in the foreground, with earlier stages of construction visible, including concrete forms. The c...
Completed Power House and Dam
February 28, 1915
Elevated view, looking east, of the power house, lock, and dam on the Wisconsin River.
General View of Power House and Dam
October 11, 1914
Elevated view looking east across the power house, lock, and uncompleted portion of the dam. The concrete plant is seen on the far bank. The rising water of Lake Wisconsin upstream from the dam is ...
Section of Turbine at Power Dam
February 28, 1914
Sections of turbines inside the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam.
