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| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the "Dell Queen" entering the Narrows via Devil's Elbow as Hattie and Nellie Bennett look on from an overlook on the shoreline. |
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| Description: | Sugar Bowl rock formation. In the foreground is a man in rowboat with the name "Hattie" painted on its side. The river is smooth as glass, and on the oppos... |
| Date: | 04 18 1965 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin River in flood, looking downstream. |
| Date: | 08 13 1961 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin River swamp. The swampy area is framed by trees with more trees in the background hidden by fog. |
| Date: | 09 22 1962 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of trees and pool of water near the Wisconsin River in Pauquette Park. |
| Date: | 07 04 1965 |
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| Description: | Hills and fog at sunrise, looking out from the north side of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a covered railroad bridge over a calm body of water, with bluffs in the background. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Wisconsin Dells including the Wisconsin River and the dam and generating power plant. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Lake Delton, the Wisconsin River, and the surrounding countryside. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Lake Delton and shoreline including resort areas. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex, with the Wisconsin River visible at the top. Taliesin is located... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across water along the right side of the Sauk City bridge, erected in 1922 to replace an old toll bridge. tree-covered hills are on the opposite shore... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view towards buildings in Prairie du Sac from the east bank of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a bridge over the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "The New Bridge on the Wisconsin, Portage, Wis." |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Steam-powered pile driver and centrifugal pump (in shed) at work at the Wisconsin River dam site. Men and children are watching the work. |
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