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Madison Gas and Electric Steam Plant

Date: 1924
Description: Aerial view of a Madison Gas and Electric steam plant.
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Madison Gas & Electric

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Description: Smoke is pouring out of three smokestacks at Madison Gas & Electric.
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Madison City Gas, Light and Coke Company

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Description: Eight men, including a police officer, pose in front of the Madison City Gas, Light and Coke Company building.
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Madison Gas & Electric Co. Interior

Date: 02 22 1946
Description: Madison Gas & Electric Company plant, showing stairway, ceiling beams and machinery, at 115 South Blount Street.
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Stock Pavilion

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture.
Poster

Fight Madison Gas and Electric Rate Increase

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Description: Graphic depiction of the MG&E plant showing stacks releasing smoke into the air. Text reads "FIGHT! the MADISON GAS & ELECTRIC rate increase".
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Madison Gas & Electric Co. Interior

Date: 02 22 1946
Description: Interior view of the Madison Gas & Electric Company, showing metal floor and stairway, windows and beam arrangement, 115 South Blount Street.
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Madison Gas & Electric Co.

Date: 02 22 1946
Description: Madison Gas & Electric Company. View from above of machinery to be removed, top floor of the generating plant, 115 South Blount Street.
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New Residential Construction

Date: 1960
Description: New residential construction on the outer southwest edge of Madison.
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Madison Gas & Electric

Date: 01 1977
Description: View across railroad tracks towards smoke rising from the buildings and smokestacks of Madison Gas & Electric. Snow is on the ground.
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Smokestacks

Date: 01 1977
Description: View looking up towards three of the main smokestacks at Madison Gas & Electric.
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View of Madison

Date: 1905
Description: View of Madison in the far distance taken from the third floor of a home at 216 Campbell Street, in University Heights. There is a power line suspended in ...
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Madison Gas and Electric Company Brickwork

Date: 06 27 1976
Description: Madison Gas and Electric Company, 736 East Washington Avenue, displaying projecting bricks that provides patterns and texture.
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Madison Gas & Electric Company Electric Power Plant

Date: 06 20 1961
Description: Exterior view of Madison Gas & Electric Company Blount Street electric power plant. View includes power plant, smokestacks, electric-line towers, and cars ...
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Sheep Barn

Date: 1930
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. The building was called Kleinheinz barn when used as a dormitory. Used for sheep from 1898-1934. ...
Postcard

Madison, Wisconsin at 37° Below Zero

Date: 1980
Description: Elevated view of the near east side dominated by the smokestacks of Madison Gas & Electric. Snow is on the rooftops of buildings, and chimneys are spewing ...
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Jacee Candidates of the Same Name

Date: 04 01 1964
Description: Two men of the same name met at the annual convention of the Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives in Madison. It turned out that both are running for the presid...
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Panorama of Madison

Date: 1930
Description: Panoramic elevated view to the northeast from the Capitol Square.
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Pumping Station for Lake Forest at Arboretum

Date: 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Arboretum station was built when the site was a proposed site for a model city called Lake Forest, a scheme which fail...
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Madison Gas & Electric at Sunrise

Date: 01 1977
Description: Silhouetted view of the smokestacks, buildings, and parking lot of Madison Gas & Electric at sunrise. Smoke is rising out of the smokestacks, and cars are ...

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