Meet the Wisconsinites Who Brought Hoover Dam & Panama Canal to Life
Air Date: 08/17/2018 - 08/17/2018
The Hoover Dam. The Panama Canal. Two of the world’s greatest engineering marvels. And the UW-Madison grads who brought these projects to life were born and raised right here in Wisconsin.
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John Savage graduated from the engineering department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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John Savage lead the charge building the Hoover Dam.
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John Savage grew up in Cooksville, Wis.
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Savage came from humble beginnings but was associated with some of the world's best-known engineering marvels.
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John Savage on site at the Hoover Dam.
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Edward Schildhauer and his wife Ruth look over the Panama Canal on horseback
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Edward Schildhauer and his team would have frequented this building while constructing the Hoover Dam: It's the Panama Canal Staff Quarters
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Edward Schildhauer poses with his wife, Ruth, and her sisters at the Panama Canal Staff Quarters
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The Schildhauer family meets at the Schildhauer Pond in New Holstein, Wis.
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