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| Date: | 11 20 1933 |
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| Description: | John Hines dismantling one of two out-of-date pumps at the Madison Water Works, 311 N. Hancock Street, a job he obtained through the CWA (Civil Works Admin... |
| Date: | 02 25 1932 |
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| Description: | Interior of pumphouse for City of Madison well no. 4, 5 N. Randall Avenue, showing the Electric Machinery Co. motor driven by Sullivan angle compound air c... |
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| Description: | Water gushes 18 feet in the air from a 6-inch pipe at the Lower Brule Agency. A man stands behind the pipe on the right. |
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| Description: | Water gushes 60 feet in the air from a 4-inch pipe at the Lower Brule Agency. Two men stand on the left near pumping machinery. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Poster or signboard with the title "Pure Drinking Water - Friend to Health - Foe to Typhoid." Includes images illustrating old and new ways of providing dr... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Storage Tank #2. A large, rounded tank with a conical roof. Another tank is directly behind. A large brick building is on the right. |
| 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: | 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: | 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. |
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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." |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Dayton Pump Products Company of Belgium, Wisconsin, distributor of Dayton Water Systems, with six vignettes of water systems in use: wate... |
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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.... |
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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., ... |
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