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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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Power House

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Description: Waterfall at a Warm Springs Agency power house for generation of electric light.
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Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Company

Date: 1915
Description: Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Co., built in 1914.
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Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Company

Date: 1915
Description: Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Co., built in 1914.
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Dam and Electric Power Plant

Date: 01 07 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Dam and Electric Power Plant, Watertown, Wis." The Watertown Electric Company Power Plant #1 was built in 1909 of cream brick. Rollin...
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Northern Hydro-Electric Power Tower

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from the tower of the Northern Hydro-Electric Power Company on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View from Tower of Northern Hydro-El...
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Power Plant

Date: 06 20 1961
Description: Exterior view of Madison Gas & Electric Company Blount Street electric power plant. View is across the railroad tracks and includes the power plant, smokes...
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Power

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of a hydroelectric power plant owned by Northern States Power Company located on the Chippewa River. A highway bridge and a railroad bridge spa...
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Electric Light & Power Company

Date: 1922
Description: Appleton Wisconsin Electric Light and Power Plant, 1922. Switchboard equipment of the plant, which began operating in September of 1822, is at the State Hi...
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Power Generators in Plant

Date: 08 31 1925
Description: Power generators in a factory.
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Electric Power Plant

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "'On the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.' Electric Power Plant, Kilbourn, Wis." Completed in 1909, the power plant is still in ...
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Power Generators in Plant

Date: 08 31 1925
Description: Elevated view of power generators in a factory.
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Wind and Electric Power

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Description: View across field towards a windmill standing next to a tall electric utility pole on a field.
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Charcoal Kiln in Ruins

Date: 1920
Description: Charcoal kiln in ruins in a field beyond a fence, with electric power lines in the background.
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Construction of Power Engine and Boilers at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 06 1911
Description: Workmen pose during construction of the temporary steam power plant at the Prairie du Sac dam. These engines provided electric power for the construction ...
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Generators in Power House at Power Dam

Date: 11 03 1914
Description: Interior view of the power house with the Allis-Chalmers generators installed.
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Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts, an electric cable car and pedestrians. Electric power lines hang over the street. Business signs read: "F...
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Power Generator in Plant

Date: 08 31 1925
Description: Elevated view of power generators in a factory.
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International Power Units Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an International Power Units advertising brochure featuring a color illustration of a power unit and the text: "money-saving power for many purpos...
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Power House

Date: 02 1919
Description: Exterior view of the Power House in Hudson.

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