Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | West side of filter building. Pipes are stacked on the right side of the building, and part of a storage tank can be seen on the left. |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Front view of pump room, side of part of Boiler Room. |
Date: | 1945 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the stone-walled headquarters building of the Water Regulatory Board located within a grove of trees. According to text included with the ... |
Date: | 1946 |
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Description: | International I-4 industrial tractor with crane owned by the Milwaukee Waterworks. Original caption reads: "The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased thi... |
Date: | 11 16 1989 |
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Description: | View from the Water Street Bridge over the Waupaca River toward the Waupaca Water Department. |
Date: | 1949 |
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Description: | A worker in a hat stands and takes a drink out of a clear glass jug on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption states: "One o... |
Date: | 02 20 1950 |
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Description: | League of Women Voters member Mrs. Frederick (Priscilla) Greeky interviews Leon A. Smith, superintendent of Madison's Water Department, as part of the leag... |
Date: | 10 12 1938 |
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Description: | International P-30 power unit owned by the Darlington water works. The unit pumped 500 gallons per minute. |
Date: | 03 24 1938 |
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Description: | Interior view of the municipal water plant pump house showing the auxiliary and emergency pump units, powered by an International P-30 power unit. |
Date: | 1937 |
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Description: | Byron Jackson Deep-well Turbine in a shed. The turbine was powered by an International P-12 power unit. Next to the turbine are water outlets to an irrigat... |
Date: | 09 17 1937 |
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Description: | A.C. White, contractor, stands near a rotary water well rig powered by an International P-12 power unit mounted on a truck. |
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... |
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... |
Date: | 1947 |
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Description: | Lower left hand corner features a legend. "Drawn 1938, revised 1947." Shows water mains, hydrants, corporation limits, city ward divisions, fire proof buil... |
Date: | 1908 |
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Description: | Shows pipes of various sizes, hydrants, valves, and wells. "1907" -- Lower margin. Lake Wingra, Lake Monona, and Lake Mendota are labelled. |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Colorized postcard view of the water works, smokestack and water tower. People are lounging under the trees in front. Caption reads: "Water Works, Beloit, ... |
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... |
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