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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Jim Short steering a raft riding the rough waters of the river. |
| Date: | 08 24 1886 |
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| Description: | View across water of several men steering a lumber raft over the dam at Munger's Mill. A second raft is in the background, in front of railroad bridge. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Below Kilbourn log dam, 1890s. Two girls are standing on the edge of the river. There is a bridge in the background. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Kilbourn Dam, building forebox. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Kilbourn Dam, building apron. Men are working on the dam, and a bridge is in the background. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the town of Wisconsin Dells, the dam on the Wisconsin River, and the generating plant. The town of Wisconsin Dells was known as Kilbourn Cit... |
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| Description: | Kilbourn Dam under construction on the Wisconsin River by the Southern Wisconsin Power Company. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Wisconsin Dells including the Wisconsin River and the dam and generating power plant. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company generating plant and dam. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking up the Wisconsin River, with Wausau in the background. There are railroad cars on a bridge on the right. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Aerial view that encompasses most of the town and part of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Munger's Mill and dam, with men standing on and around the dam. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Castle Rock Dam on the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Highway 21 bridge and Petenwell Dam on the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 08 11 1910 |
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| Description: | The first machinery at work sounding at the site for the power dam. Workmen are posing near the carriage-mounted equipment. A horse-drawn wagon is in the ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Frozen Wisconsin River from the east bank looking west, marked to show the future location of the power dam. Logs and stumps indicate prior clearing of th... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Newly constructed office building at construction site, with buggy in attached shed. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Workers erecting a steam driven pile driver while others survey for the railroad extension from the village of Prairie du Sac to the dam site on the Wiscon... |
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