A series of postcards, most showing the construction of the dam at Cornell, WI
(This is the cover of the box that the postcards are stored within.)

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1 Cornell, WI dam construction.
Details: Numerous cable supports. Crew pouring concrete - lower center.



2 Cornell, WI dam construction.
Details: 6 or more pneumatic pumps working to empty cofferdam?



3 Cornell, WI dam construction.
Concrete and lots of heavy Rebar



4 Cornell, WI dam construction.
Jackhammer for busting rock?
Or mining drill to make holes for explosives?
(Drill seems the better bet.)



5 Cornell, WI dam construction.
Looking upriver under the Highway 64 bridge.
That area is now Brunet Island State Park.



6 Cornell, WI dam construction.
New cofferdam being drained. Looking south.
(Pumping operation seen from other side.)



7 Cornell, WI dam construction.
Flood overwhelming worksite?



8 Cornell, WI dam construction.
Wooden form being hoisted into place to form...?
the Penstock that delivers water to turbines ?



9 Cornell, WI dam construction.
Note: 1. Pump operating in lower right.
2. Crane in upper left dumping a box of stone. (upper center)



10 Cornell, WI dam construction.
The barest glimpse of Stacker seen between smokestacks.
What looks like a disaster is really progress in action.



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