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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The Madison water tower and farmers' market as seen through the stone gateway at the East Washington Avenue entrance to the Capitol Park. The building on t... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn wagons, including a water wagon, stand on a street next to a broad sidewalk in a commercial district. The storefronts of P.L. McQuillan and Con... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Two young boys point to an advertising illustration on an International Scout owned and operated by Culligan, Inc. |
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| Description: | View up West Water Street from Grand Avenue with street cars. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Milwaukee Water Works. A little boy is riding a tricycle in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Water tower (built 1875), with St. Mary's Hospital behind it on the left. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Front view of C.F. Rau's furniture store, with the owners and employees sitting in front of the store. Apparently, the store also performs undertaking. The... |
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| Description: | Water gushes 18 feet in the air from a 6-inch pipe at the Lower Brule Agency. A man stands behind the pipe on the right. |
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| Description: | Water gushes 60 feet in the air from a 4-inch pipe at the Lower Brule Agency. Two men stand on the left near pumping machinery. |
| Date: | 06 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Public Servants Week sign "The City Water Dept. invites you to open house" on the lawn in front of main water pumping station, 311 North Hancock at East Go... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | The J.C. Hawley house, also known as the Evergreens, which stood on a site at Badger Road that later became a highway interchange. A water tower is on the ... |
| Date: | 07 16 1926 |
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| Description: | Two mud-splattered International trucks with drivers parked in front of a wooden water tank. The tank has a hand-painted sign that reads: "Positively No Sw... |
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| Description: | View of the City Water Works, which was built in 1882. Caption reads: "City Water Works, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Storage Tank #2. A large, rounded tank with a conical roof. Another tank is directly behind. A large brick building is on the right. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | West side of filter building. Pipes are stacked on the right side of the building, and part of a storage tank can be seen on the left. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Front view of pump room, side of part of Boiler Room. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | International I-4 industrial tractor with crane owned by the Milwaukee Waterworks. Original caption reads: "The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased thi... |
| Date: | 11 16 1989 |
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| Description: | View from the Water Street Bridge over the Waupaca River toward the Waupaca Water Department. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A worker in a hat stands and takes a drink out of a clear glass jug on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption states: "One o... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Byron Jackson Deep-well Turbine in a shed. The turbine was powered by an International P-12 power unit. Next to the turbine are water outlets to an irrigat... |
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