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| Date: | 07 23 1958 |
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| Description: | Switch-throwing ceremony for the new electric sub-station in Sun Prairie on Market Street. Five men are standing in front of the transformer and other equi... |
| Date: | 05 12 1939 |
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| Description: | International PD-80 diesel power unit owned by Jack Quinn, Inc. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View from a hill looking down on the plant which has several attached buildings, and a large chimney. To the right are railroad cars along the shoreline o... |
| Date: | 04 12 1912 |
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| Description: | A diver posing with other workmen at the power dam construction site prior to assessing underwater damage. |
| Date: | 11 02 1912 |
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| Description: | Workmen posing during erection of the draft tubes for the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. |
| Date: | 05 28 1913 |
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| Description: | Completed east portion of the first story of the generator room of the power house. Forms are in place at the west end. |
| Date: | 07 29 1913 |
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| Description: | A view of the power house from the southwest, showing bricklayers and other workers. The narrow gauge railroad is in the foreground. |
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| Description: | View across small section of road (Huebbe Parkway?) towards a mowed field. A large power or telephone tower rises above a group of trees, and more towers a... |
| Date: | 01 1977 |
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| Description: | Silhouetted view of the smokestacks, buildings, and parking lot of Madison Gas & Electric at sunrise. Smoke is rising out of the smokestacks, and cars are ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the power plant and dam on the Wisconsin River. Two workers are walking near the center. On the opposite shoreline are fields and tree-cov... |
| Date: | 10 30 1959 |
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| Description: | View of the main copper lines that bring power into the State Capitol building through a tunnel from the state power plant. Four connecting points are visi... |
| Date: | 10 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Leon A. Hendrickson, supervisor of services, pointing to a blower which is used to send air into the tunnel carrying power lines from the state power plant... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Building housing the very first central electric light station for distribution of incandescent lighting. The sign on the building reads: "Vulcan St." |
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| Description: | Walnut Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric lights hang over the street. Signs on buildings read: "Opera House" and "... |
| Date: | 05 12 1939 |
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| Description: | International P-40 power unit under a shed at a sawmill. Logs are piled near the sheltered work area, and a man works beside them. |
| Date: | 06 22 1975 |
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| Description: | A series of modern arches bridging two coal bunkers at the Capitol Heating and Power Plant at 624 East Main Street. |
| Date: | 07 27 1938 |
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| Description: | Interior of a rail car powered by an International PA-100 power unit. The car was owned by the Rapid City, Black Hills, and Western Rail Road line. |
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| Description: | Winter scene with panoramic view down sidewalk and snow-covered street. Trees, power lines and buildings are covered with a blanket of snow. |
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| Description: | View of Chicago, Northwestern Railroad set of two railroad tracks at Devil's Lake, chartered in 1859. To the right, power lines run the length of the Devil... |
| Date: | 04 22 1911 |
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| Description: | Two men and a boy are posing on rail cars carrying two 150 horse-power boilers for use in the temporary power plant at the dam construction site at Prairie... |
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