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A Big 'Pipe Job'
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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 steam from the new UW heating plant to the university distribution system at the old plant. The pipes have inside diameters of 18 to 20 inches.
May 27, 1959
Stein, Edwin
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New U.W. Heating Plant
February 18, 1959
The three large boilers in the recently completed University of Wisconsin heating plant on Charter Street.
New U.W. Heating Plant
February 18, 1959
Exterior of the recently completed University of Wisconsin heating plant on Charter Street.
New U.W. Heating Plant
February 18, 1959
Frank Kasiniski of Madison, right, and Wilburn Gibson of Detroit, MI, inspecting the second level of the newly completed University of Wisconsin heating plant on Charter Street.
New U.W. Heating Plant
February 18, 1959
Workers Frank Kasiniski and Wilburn Gibson inspecting the generator and turbine room at the new University of Wisconsin heating plant located on Charter Street.
Ventilation Pipes
August 26, 1930
Ventilation pipes in the basement of Nakoma Country Club.
Ventilation Pipes
August 26, 1930
Ventilation pipes and furnace in basement of Nakoma Country Club.
