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Engine Room, Arcade Manufacturing Co.

Date: 09 26 1933
Description: Nine brick layers with supervisor in engine room. Caption on print reads: "Complete Plibrico Jointless Firebrick Lining at Arcade Manufacturing Co., Freepo...
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Bock Oil Burner Company

Date: 08 12 1930
Description: Employees of the Bock Oil Burner Company work in the machine shop.
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Stoking the Fire

Date: 1950
Description: A man in work clothes gets ready to shove a log into the fire chamber of a boiler.
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Research Products Filter

Date: 04 12 1954
Description: Workman riveting two filter frames together horizontally. Taken for Research Products, 1011-1015 East Washington Avenue.
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Research Products Filter

Date: 04 12 1954
Description: Workman riveting filter frames together in a L shape, taken for Research Products, 1011-1015 East Washington Avenue.
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Man Fixing Furnace Boiler

Date: 11 04 1944
Description: Unidentified man from A.M. Toussaint, heating contractor, fixing a furnace boiler.
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Brackelsberg Furnace at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Factory workers take samples from the 8-ton Brackelsberg Furnace at McCormick Works. The original caption reads: "Furnace has three tap spouts. Large insul...
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American Plumbing & Heating Company

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Description: A group portrait of workers in the American Plumbing & Heating Company.
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New U.W. Heating Plant

Date: 02 18 1959
Description: Frank Kasiniski of Madison, right, and Wilburn Gibson of Detroit, MI, inspecting the second level of the newly completed University of Wisconsin heating pl...
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New U.W. Heating Plant

Date: 02 18 1959
Description: Workers Frank Kasiniski and Wilburn Gibson inspecting the generator and turbine room at the new University of Wisconsin heating plant located on Charter St...
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Men in Boiler Room at McCormick Works

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: Elevated view of two men working in a boiler room.
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Boiler/Turbine Room

Date: 11 07 1920
Description: Interior view of the boiler/turbine room. Men are standing behind the turbine on the right, and a pile of coal is in front of a tall bank of windows in the...
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Man in Boiler/Turbine Room

Date: 12 09 1920
Description: View of a man standing in the boiler/turbine room. A sign on the machine reads: "Oil all spindle bearings at least 4 times a day."

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