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Filter: Subject of waste disposal sites
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The sprinkling filters under construction at the sewage disposal plant. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Lake Shore Lumber Company of Oshkosh's mill waste lumber slab dump. Leander Choate, owner of mill, used this marsh for his waste lumber which was piled at ... |
| Date: | 08 12 1948 |
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| Description: | James L. Clarke (left) city health inspector, and Lewis B. Kelly (right) president of the Solvit Chemical Corp., are shown as they prepare to scatter the b... |
| Date: | 08 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Two men are scattering barium carbonate rat poison in a city dump located at the end of Fern Drive off Highbury Road near University Avenue. The land was o... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated exterior view of the water purification plant. A group of men are working on the front lawn of the plant. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A planning sketch of the sewage disposal plant. |
| Date: | 06 1937 |
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| Description: | A planning sketch of the sewage treatment site. The sketch is signed "A Deimel" and dated "June 1936." The text at the bottom of the sketch reads "Sewage T... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two men wearing business suits standing near an automobile and a truck in a scrap yard as part of a Harvester World story on World ... |
| Date: | 03 1930 |
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| Description: | A cow standing near manure piled behind a barn. |
| Date: | 04 1926 |
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| Description: | View of a manure pile near a barn. Used to demonstrate the dangers of placing waste too near to a house. A rooster is standing atop the pile, and a bicycle... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A man is using a shovel to load manure into a wagon pulled by two horses. One of the horses is wearing a turnout blanket marked "IHC." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Manure is piled against the side of a barn in a yard surrounded by farm buildings. A wooden wagon wheel is near a building in the background. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A pile of manure lying against a weathered wooden barn in front of what appears to be a field of corn. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A concrete manure pit and litter carriers operated on pulleys stand in front of multiple farm buildings. |
| Date: | 03 1930 |
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| Description: | J. Williams, wearing a baseball cap and coveralls, loading a litter carrier next to a manure pile in a barnyard. A dog is standing near him, and a silo and... |
| Date: | 05 1924 |
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| Description: | Mr. Snyder using a scraper to move poultry droppings from roosts into a box on a litter carrier at the Holden farm. |
| Date: | 09 29 1953 |
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| Description: | Rubbish pile in front of house in the vicinity of the 1000 block of West Dayton Street and 200 block of North Mills Street. |
| Date: | 09 29 1953 |
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| Description: | Rubbish piles in front of houses in the 1000 block of West Dayton Street and the 200 block of North Mills Street. |
| Date: | 02 24 1978 |
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| Description: | "Theresa Waste Disposal System. Village man, Jim Zillmer, checks out sprinkler system." |
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