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Photograph

Dam and Power Station

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of dam and power station on a river. Two automobiles are parked in a lot in the lower left corner. Bluffs are in the distance.
Photograph

City Line Department

Date: 12 16 1926
Description: Workmen with the City Line Department use an International Model 63 truck to erect a power line or telephone pole near a bridge.
Photograph

Electric Light Plant

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the Eastman power plant. Two children pose on a metal cylinder outside the plant. The text on the photograph reads, "The Best electric light pl...
Photograph

City Water Pumping Station at Town Creek

Date: 
Description: Three men posed standing on the porch of a small brick building with a tall smokestack, probably the City Water Pumping Station at Town Creek, surrounded b...
Photograph

Sledding

Date: 1910
Description: Four children pose in the snow with their sleds and a dachshund. There is a rustic bridge in the background and a railing in the left foreground.
Photograph

Children Sledding

Date: 1910
Description: The photographer's four children pose with their sleds near Sheridan Road. There is a bridge over a ravine in the background and a blurred image of a dog i...
Photograph

Westward-looking View of Hydroelectric Plants

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of hydroelectric plants on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Water Power - Looking West. Appleton, Wis."
Postcard

Power Station

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized photographic postcard of an elevated view of the power station next to the river. A bridge is in the background. Caption reads: "Power Station, B...
Photograph

Panorama of Madison

Date: 1930
Description: Panoramic elevated view to the northeast from the Capitol Square.
Map or Atlas

Map of West Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1894
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, railroads, street car tracks, sewers, water mains, gas mains, paved streets, land owned by the Land & River Improveme...
Photograph

Power Plant

Date: 
Description: View across open area towards a brick power plant, where a man and a small dog are standing. Cords of wood are stacked at the left side of the building. On...
Photograph

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Project

Date: 08 13 1965
Description: H.O. Lord, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District chief engineer, outlining the existing sewerage district on a map. Lord is trying to educate the public c...
Map or Atlas

Existing Land Use 1973, Polk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This map is 1 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the margins. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commercial (...
Map or Atlas

Existing Land Use 1973, Barron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This map is 2 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the bottom margin. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commer...
Map or Atlas

Existing Land Use 1973, St. Croix County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This map is 3 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the margins. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commercial (...
Map or Atlas

Existing Land Use 1973, Dunn County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This map is 4 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the left margin. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commerci...
Map or Atlas

Existing Land Use 1973, Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This map is 5 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the left margin. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commerci...
Map or Atlas

Existing land use 1973, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This map is 6 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the bottom margin. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commer...
Map or Atlas

Existing Land Use 1973, Clark County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This map is 7 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the left margin. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commerci...
Photograph

Madison View from Lake Monona

Date: 
Description: View across water towards the shoreline of the eastern isthmus of Madison, including the MG&E power plant smokestacks. A group of people appear to be fishi...

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