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Aerial View of Wisconsin Power and Light Company

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company generating plant and dam.
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Aerial View of Town and Wisconsin River

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of Wisconsin Dells including the Wisconsin River and the dam and generating power plant.
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Gas and Electric Utility Display

Date: 06 1936
Description: The Gas and Electric Utility display at the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Company Building

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Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company building, located at 122 West Washington Avenue.
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Sewer Shoveling

Date: 1935
Description: As part of a Wisconsin unemployment project, workmen dig a sewer trench by hand for the city of Spooner.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Building in Madison

Date: 1935
Description: View of the Wisconsin Power & Light Company Building, 122 West Washington Avenue on the corner of Fairchild Street. Helstrom's Pharmacy occupies a large po...
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Lake Mendota Shoreline

Date: 12 14 1976
Description: View of Lake Mendota and shoreline from University Bay Drive. Snow covers the lake and the shore.
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Wisconsin Power & Light Company Veteran Employees

Date: 04 11 1946
Description: Speaker's table of Veteran Employees banquet, Wisconsin Power & Light Company, at the Hotel Loraine.
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Billowing Steam from Wisconsin Power and Light

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Description: High humidity and low temperatures cause massive steam clouds to billow from the stacks of Wisconsin Power and Light Company behind a house on Jenifer Stre...
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Wisconsin Power and Light Stockholders Meeting

Date: 05 27 1964
Description: Seen from the rear, Carl Forsberg, president of Wisconsin Power and Light (WPL) company, is addressing a crowd of about 400 shareholders during a meeting a...
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Panorama of Madison

Date: 1930
Description: Panoramic elevated view to the northeast from the Capitol Square.
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M.C. Alexander Obituary

Date: 08 10 1950
Description: Police officers and company employees stand on the roof of the Wisconsin Power and Light Building, 122 West Washington Avenue, where M.C. Alexander of 303 ...
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Alice Ferguson of Madison Gas and Electric Company

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Mrs. Alice Ferguson, director of home service for Madison Gas and Electric Company, will be the judge for the "Wisconsin State Journal's" fourth and final ...
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Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company

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Description: Exterior of the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, built in 1918. The view from across the Wisconsin River shows the company building, a dam, as w...
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Electric Light & Power Company

Date: 1922
Description: Appleton Wisconsin Electric Light and Power Plant, 1922. Switchboard equipment of the plant, which began operating in September of 1822, is at the State Hi...
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Candidate Laird

Date: 11 01 1966
Description: Wisconsin Congressman Melvin Laird distributing his campaign literature outside the Marathon Electric plant gate.
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Sewage Treatment Plant

Date: 1944
Description: Sewage lagoon at a treatment site.
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Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: Smoke billowing from windows on the State Street (left) and Carroll Street (right) sides of the Wisconsin Building. Fire fighters on ladders are working fr...
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Round Barn

Date: 1936
Description: A large round barn, built as a show barn and arena, standing on the grounds of the Central Wisconsin State Fair. The barn has a band of clerestory windows ...
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Handling a Fire Hose

Date: 08 1940
Description: Two men, one wearing a pith helmet, are directing the stream from a fire hose over a body of water. There are several men in the background, some wearing W...

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