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| Description: | View of the process of building a levee, including many horses and people. Caption reads: "Building the Levee near Port Gibson, Miss." |
| Date: | 04 24 1926 |
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| Description: | A child wearing a coat and hat is throwing rocks into an open cistern in what appears to be an alleyway between two buildings. The wooden cistern lid is ly... |
| Date: | 06 16 1952 |
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| Description: | Gail Habermann is shown in front of city hall using a new type of public drinking fountain called an 'angle jet' which replaces the old 'bubbler' type. The... |
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| Description: | Exterior of Fairmount Water Works with numerous columned buildings overlooking a river with boats moored to a small dock. Another boat is on the river in m... |
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| Description: | Exterior photograph of the first water works in America, consisting of a stone cottage next to a stream. |
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| Description: | Exterior of a wooden water pumping station in a wooded area. Caption reads: "Pumping Station at Stuttgart on Cotton Belt, Near Jonesboro, Ark." |
| Date: | 08 30 1953 |
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| Description: | A crowd lining up at a drinking fountain (bubbler) in Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Water fountain near city hall at Library Park. There is a water fountain or bubbler on the edge of the fountain. Two men are sitting on separate benches in... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Madison waterworks building, with corner tower and turret. The building was located at the corner of Gorham and Livingston Streets. The large smokesta... |
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| Description: | View across river or stream towards a pump house along a stony shoreline. A large pipe supported on trestles is attached to the right side of the building.... |
| Date: | 07 05 1961 |
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| Description: | A man is bending over to drink from a metal water fixture. Water from the fixture spouted up and back onto the fixture, supposedly making it "sterile." The... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A large sink and hand water pump stand in a corner near a door of the laundry room at Black Point. The laundry was located in the "kitchen building" (demol... |
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| Description: | View across water towards a water wheel, probably used for irrigation, near a shoreline. Ducks are swimming in the water near the tall grass is growing on ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting on a water wheel used for irrigation. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A view down railroad tracks toward a water tank. Lake Windigoostigwan is on the left. |
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| Description: | A man is operating a drill to connect a house to a water supply. |
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| Description: | A man is operating a drill to create a well near a home under construction. |
| Date: | 11 07 1949 |
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| Description: | Subject: "Pipe Lines — TD-6." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-6 owned by J.J. Struzziery-General Contractors, 115 Kittredge St., ... |
| Date: | 06 30 1989 |
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| Description: | Many people are sitting on folding chairs. An infant is sitting on a blanket on the floor next to them and playing with stacking cups. Caption reads: "TOYI... |
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