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Main Street on the Square

Date: 1900
Description: View down Main Street on the Capitol Square. Caption reads: "Main Street, looking West."
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Sewerage Disposal Plant

Date: 1934
Description: Aerial view of Janesville showing the river fill for the new sewerage disposal plant.
Photograph

Highway Department Garage

Date: 1930
Description: Shawano County Highway Department garage.
Postcard

Pumping Station

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of a pumping station with a tall smokestack. Caption reads: "Pumping Station, Racine, Wis."
Photograph

Power House

Date: 1906
Description: Power house during construction.
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Aerial View of Harbor Area

Date: 1951
Description: Aerial view of Jones Island and garbage disposal plant.
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Aerial View of Harbor Area

Date: 1950
Description: Harbor area of Jones Island and garbage disposal plant, Stratton Grain Co., and more.
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Garbage Disposal Plant

Date: 1924
Description: The smokestack is several inches out of plumb, which was the reason the photographer took the photograph. Located on a waterfront.
Postcard

Life-Saving Station and Garbage Crematory

Date: 1911
Description: View across water toward several buildings on shoreline, two with large smokestacks. A man is standing on the shore, and two people are in a boat on the ri...
Photograph

Municipal Building

Date: 1966
Description: Angled view of building. An older brick building with a domed tower is behind the Municipal building.
Postcard

North Point Pumping Station

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from hill toward the building which has two large smokestacks. The Lake Michigan shoreline is on the left. In front is a landscaped area with...
Photograph

Water Purification Plant

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated exterior view of the water purification plant. A group of men are working on the front lawn of the plant.
Photograph

Headquarters Building

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the stone-walled headquarters building of the Water Regulatory Board located within a grove of trees. According to text included with the ...
Photograph

Street Lighting

Date: 1934
Description: View down road of overhead lighting equipment of the T.M.E.R. and L. Company, which, at the time had a proposal to be replaced by more modern lighting. Th...
Photograph

Street Corner in Residential Neighborhood

Date: 1934
Description: Electrical overhead street light suspended above road. A truck is parked on the right, and houses and trees line both sides of the road.
Photograph

Street Lighting System

Date: 
Description: View down road of lighting system using steel poles and modern fixtures on the terrace near sidewalks. Three cars are parked along the road, and houses are...
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Lighting Plant

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Description: A man stands in front of the small building with a bicycle parked behind him, and a house in the background.

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