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Chart of Industrial Expansion of Southern States
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Man pointing to a chart of Tennessee's industrial expansion compared with eight other southern states for 1938 and 1939. The photograph was taken for Wisconsin Power and Light Company as anti Tennessee Valley Authority (T.V.A.) propaganda?
September 24, 1945
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Kilbourn Dam
Kilbourn Dam under construction on the Wisconsin River by the Southern Wisconsin Power Company.
Industrial Building
October 1980
View over roads and railroad tracks of industrial silos for the Brunsell Co. Trucks are parked nearby, and warehouses are on the right.
Fairbanks Morse & Beloit Power Systems Plants
View across road, perhaps Pleasant Street, of industrial buildings. In the foreground is a drinking fountain and picnic table. Two cars are parked nearby.
Wisconsin Power and Light Co.
June 15, 1945
Group portrait of C.L. Turner, traffic supervisor for Wisconsin Power & Light Company, and six female employees of Wisconsin Power & Light Company, 122 West Washington Avenue.
Industrial Building
May 1981
Industrial building, located at North Main Street at Pease Court.
Wisconsin Power and Light Company Sub-Station
1929
Power plant machinery in the Wisconsin Power and Light Company substation.
