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University of Wisconsin-Madison Heat & Water Employees, Local 171

Date: 09 19 1945
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Heating Plant employees, members of Wisconsin State Employees Association Heat & Water Local 171, organiz...
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New U.W. Heating Plant

Date: 02 18 1959
Description: Exterior of the recently completed University of Wisconsin heating plant on Charter Street.
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New U.W. Heating Plant

Date: 02 18 1959
Description: The three large boilers in the recently completed University of Wisconsin heating plant on Charter Street.
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Aerial View of Camp Randall and Heating Plant

Date: 1954
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium with the University of Wisconsin heating plant in foreground.
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University of Wisconsin Heating Plant

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Description: University of Wisconsin heating plant, with two tall chimney stacks. Electric lines are in the foreground. There are trees on a hill on the left. On the ri...
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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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Heat and Power Laboratory

Date: 1947
Description: Steam turbines in the Heat and Power Lab in the Mechanical Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The lab has large windows an...
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University of Wisconsin Heating Plant

Date: 1921
Description: View across street towards the UW-Heating Plant on Observatory Drive. There is an automobile parked at the curb in the foreground.
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Historical Library Doors

Date: 1914
Description: Detail view of the two doors at the north end of the Wisconsin Historical Society Library reading room which provided access to the separate periodical rea...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Generators

Date: 06 21 1970
Description: Old steam generator at the State Capital Heating and Power Plant, 624 East Main Street, with new turbine generators in the background.
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A.M. Toussaint Heating Company

Date: 06 1944
Description: Boiler installed by A.M. Toussaint Heating Company, 204 Winnebago Street, at the German House, 508 North Francis Street.
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Drives Fuel Company

Date: 09 28 1946
Description: "Ike" Morrison, salesman at Drives Fuel Company, 940 Williamson Street, showing a prospective customer a Combustioneer coal stoker.
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A.M. Toussaint Company Truck

Date: 06 10 1945
Description: A.M. Toussaint Company's panel truck parked outside their office at 2043 Winnebago Street.
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A Big 'Pipe Job'

Date: 05 27 1959
Description: It takes a special "plumber" to put together pipes the size of these being installed in the heating tunnel under construction on N. Charter Street to carry...
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Turn of the Century Street Scene

Date: 1900
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...
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Anthracite Service Booth

Date: 06 17 1931
Description: Anthracite Service Booth at Coal Convention, U.W. Armory, with a map of the United States and various service centers. There is a coal stove on display.
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Iron Fireman Co. Furnace Showroom

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Description: Interior of the Iron Fireman Company furnace showroom with displays of auto coal burners. The business was at 1218 E. Clybourn Avenue in 1930, and then mov...
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Brandes Heating Company Explosion and Fire

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Police and spectators watch as firemen battle a blaze at Brandes Heating Co., 2046 Winnebago Street.
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Heating Plant

Date: 01 2014
Description: Two smokestacks of a power plant with clouds of exhaust being released into the sky on a cold day.

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