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Kilbourn Park Reservoir

Date: 1900
Description: Looking down into the reservoir partially filled with water. A group of men stand at various levels; some with the carriage and horses at top, four on a le...
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Libourn Park Reservoir

Date: 1900
Description: Several men are standing on top of a square ledge over the reservoir. Other men are working in the reservoir. On the right is a wooden walkway.
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...
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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...
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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.
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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 ...
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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...
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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.
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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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East Washington Avenue Tree Planting

Date: 12 01 1948
Description: A tree planting project was started on the northeast side of East Washington Street of hard maple trees, which replace other species and provide for wideni...
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Horses Pulling Street Waterer

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Description: A man with two horses pulling a street waterer down a dirt road. When Main Street was a dirt road, the local merchants paid to have it sprinkled during the...
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Myrtle Hansen

Date: 01 27 1949
Description: Dane County Clerk of Circuit Court Myrtle Hansen in her office with some of the court orders from 1948 which permitted about 50 Madison residents to change...
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I-4 Tractor with Crane in Waterworks Yard

Date: 1946
Description: International I-4 industrial tractor with crane owned by the Milwaukee Waterworks. Original caption reads: "The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased thi...
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Water Department/Water Street

Date: 11 16 1989
Description: View from the Water Street Bridge over the Waupaca River toward the Waupaca Water Department.
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Sewer Pipe Installation with Hough Payloader

Date: 1947
Description: A crew of men laying sewer pipe with a Hough payloader. Original caption states: "Hough Payloader laying sewer pipe sections weighing 200 lbs each. Equipme...
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Township Map

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Description: Map, "Township No. 22 North, of Range No. 5 West of (?)," surveyed in 1846 and 1853.
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Town of Madison Town Hall

Date: 10 06 1949
Description: The Town of Madison's new building houses the town offices, garage, and fire department. There is a pond in the foreground.
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Bureau of Sewers Dump Truck

Date: 12 01 1937
Description: A man parking an International D-30 dump truck used by the Bureau of Sewers near a river or harbor. On the opposite shore in the background are buildings, ...

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