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Manufacturing Area with Furnace

Date: 02 1910
Description: Interior view of manufacturing area, with a furnace, at McCormick Works.
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Furnace at McCormick Works

Date: 03 19 1909
Description: View of a furnace at McCormick Works.
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Furnace at McCormick Works

Date: 03 19 1909
Description: View of a furnace at McCormick Works.
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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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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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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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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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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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W.J. Hyland Plumbing Co. Display Windows

Date: 08 20 1931
Description: W.J. Hyland Plumbing Co., 115 E. Doty Street, display windows featuring water softeners and steam boiler.
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American Radiator Company Furnace

Date: 06 15 1928
Description: American Radiator Company furnace in Thomas Gibbs Murray residence in Maple Bluff.
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Furnace in House

Date: 05 31 1928
Description: Furnace inside James J. McManamy residence at 2005 Jefferson Street.
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First Congregational Church Boiler Room

Date: 03 12 1930
Description: First Congregational Church boiler room, showing permutet water softener and back side of boilers.
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First Congregational Church Boiler

Date: 02 12 1930
Description: First Congregational Church Kewanee Bulldog Firebox boiler.
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First Congregational Church Boiler

Date: 03 12 1930
Description: First Congregational Church Kewanee Bulldog Firebox boiler.
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First Congregational Church Boiler

Date: 03 12 1930
Description: First Congregational Church Kewanee Bulldog Firebox boiler.
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Oil Burner

Date: 04 18 1930
Description: Side view of a Bock Oil burner.
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Boiler/Turbine Room

Date: 11 07 1920
Description: Interior view of the boiler/turbine room. Men are standing behind the turbine on the right, and a pile of coal is in front of a tall bank of windows in the...
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Men in Boiler Room at McCormick Works

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: Elevated view of two men working in a boiler room.
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Delivery Truck

Date: 03 10 1928
Description: Left side view of a truck parked across a road in front of a stone wall and a fence. There is a large brick building in the far background. The sign on the...
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Brandes Heating Co.

Date: 11 12 1930
Description: Brandes Heating Co., 242 Waubesa Street, showing the signs on the side of the building and a truck. The sign on the side of the building reads: "Brandes He...

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