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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Allis Steam Pump

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Description: Men standing on and around an Allis steam pump in a factory.
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Truax Hospital Heating Building

Date: 01 22 1943
Description: View of pumping units in the hospital heating building at Truax Army Air Field.
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Damaged Timlin Oil Pump House

Date: 08 17 1942
Description: Damaged pump house after an oil tank explosion at Timlin Lumber Company, 2702 University Avenue.
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Worker at City Water Works

Date: 11 20 1933
Description: John Hines dismantling one of two out-of-date pumps at the Madison Water Works, 311 N. Hancock Street, a job he obtained through the CWA (Civil Works Admin...
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Pumping Station Switchboard

Date: 08 02 1931
Description: Switchboard at City of Madison water well no. 4 pumping station, 5 N. Randall Street.
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Farm Adjacent to Rural Lane

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Description: Farm adjacent to a rural lane. Dairy, beef cattle, sheep and horses are inside a snake or split-rail enclosure. Behind them is an end-loaded barn with a ta...
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Family Grouped around Table by House

Date: 1879
Description: A family is grouped around a table, including a man with a top hat, two dolls on the ground between two small girls and a woman holding a closed fan. Behin...
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Family Posing near Porch of House

Date: 1874
Description: A family stands in the yard, on the porch, and on the porch roof of an impressive house with elegant scrollwork on its porch posts and roof. A bird cage ha...
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Family by Stone House

Date: 1879
Description: Family in front of fence with stone house that has a fan window on the side, two small stone additions and screen door in background. There is a log buildi...
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People by House with False Storefront

Date: 1872
Description: People standing in front of a house with a false storefront. A man is standing on the porch by a hand-pump. There is a woodpile in the yard behind a woman ...
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Sinclair Gas Station

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Description: Exterior of Sinclair gas station on Highway 12, owned by Martin Platt.
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Farmhouse on Hill

Date: 1900
Description: View up hill towards farmhouse. There is a woman using a hand-pump in the yard on the right.
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Pile Driver and Cenrifugal Pump at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 1911
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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Work on Coffer Dam for Power House and Locks

Date: 09 12 1911
Description: An overview of the dam site on the Wisconsin River from the west shore. Three pile drivers are at work on the coffer dam. The railroad trestle is in the ...
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Big Boiler and Engine to Run Centrifugal Pump

Date: 07 16 1912
Description: Workmen pose around the "big boiler" and engine that power the 12 inch centrifugal pump used to pump out the coffer dam at the power dam construction site.
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Centrifugal Pump

Date: 09 15 1966
Description: 240P double piloted coupling. This coupling helps compile the centrifugal pump that was purchased by Foster Wheeler Corporation and later used by Commonwea...
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Dredge Pump Drive

Date: 01 05 1968
Description: A 27.000 x 24 vertical dredge pump drive is pictured that was later purchased by Ellicott Machine Corporation. Falk caption reads, "27.000 x 24 vertical dr...
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Dredge Pump Drive

Date: 06 12 1970
Description: This dredge pump drive was purchased by Ellicott. Falk caption reads, "Special (submersible) dredge pump drive. Quad input single output, ratio 1.8214:1. 1...
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Hand-Pump on Barrel

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Description: Still-life of a hand-pump, manufactured by Barber and Colman, Rockford, Illinois, attached to the top of a barrel near the side of a building.

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