Narrow Gauge Trestle and Coffer Dam Under Construction | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Narrow Gauge Trestle and Coffer Dam Under Construction

Narrow Gauge Trestle and Coffer Dam Under Construction | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Looking east over the Wisconsin River showing the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. Two steam-driven pile drivers on barges with construction workers are at work on the coffer dam which will allow construction of the power house. Bluffs are visible on the east shore.
DESCRIPTION
Looking east over the Wisconsin River showing the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. Two steam-driven pile drivers on barges with construction workers are at work on the coffer dam which will allow construction of the power house. Bluffs are visible on the east shore.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:46874
Creation Date: 06 21 1911
Creator Name:Eberhart, F. S.
City:Prairie du Sac
County:Sauk
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:F. S. Eberhart Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, dam photographs, 1911-1914
Genre:Photograph
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SUBJECTS
Building sites
Planning
Construction equipment
Landforms
Land use, Rural
Men
Electric power
Boilers
Barges
Railroad bridges
Dams
Shorelines
Wisconsin River (Wis.)
Construction workers
Hills
Outdoor photography

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