Series: Prints

Abbotsford

Water

1965 May 4

1963 December 10

Sewage

1948

Trickling filter, 1947 January-February

Ableman

Sauk County flood relief and clean-up, 1935 August
Note: Artesian flows from private wells prevent much pollution from entering local water supplies.

Adams – Friendship

Sewage treatment

Undated

A. General view of sewage treatment plant equipped with mechanical type aerators (American Well Works Co.)

B. Close-up showing aerator in operation

October 1937

A. Sewage treatment plant serving Adams which will also handle the sewage from Friendship

B. Close-up showing an aerator in operation

Adell

Industrial waste

Views of pond piping-Western Condensing Co., 1950 Summer

Whey dehydration, Western Condensing Co. dehydration plant and upper marsh into which wastes are discharged, 1945 June 29
Note: A waste recovery plant is to be built to reduce this pollution loading.

Algae nuisances, field equipment, 1942 June

A-C. General view of photelometer for determining strength of copper sulphate solution

D-F. Speed gauge for barge and boat applying chemicals

G-H. Tailpiece of barge speed gauge showing method of fastening to boat

Alma

New sewage treatment plant, a part of the Mississippi River clean-up, 1936 April

Almond

Industrial waste, 1967 November 14

Sewage, 1964 February 25

Amberg

Bathing beach, undated

Amery

Lake Wapogassett

Yates property, chemical treatment for removal of weeds, using sodium arsenate, 1939 June 24

A. Close-up of spraying equipment showing outlet of solution barrels, Venturi meter, and Evinrude pumping unit

B. General view of spraying unit and equipment

C. Spraying equipment in operation

D. Palmer spraying the solution

Outlet of Lake Wapogasset, chemical treatment for removal of weeds using sodium arsenate, 1939 June 26

A-B. General views of bay at lake outlet, showing weed growth

C. Palmer, making arsenate trioxide in solution

D. Adding arsenate trioxide to solution barrels

E. Lily pads and heavy scum a day after treatment

Sewage treatment, 1949 October

A-B. General views of new sewage treatment works

C. Operating house and clarifier

Amherst

Borden's plant, undated

Antigo

Stream pollution, 1947 October 17
Note: General view of control facilities with outlet of pond by means of which some regulation of flow secured. In the period prior to visit practically the entire stream flow was used for irrigation of potato crop.

Miscellaneous, view of prolific algae growth in stream where recreational lake is contemplated, 1934 August

Sewage treatment

June 1926

A. General view of sewage treatment works with the visiting delegation of engineers

B. Sludge beds at sewage treatment works

C. Sludge beds and trickling filters

D-E. Sewage treatment engineers inspection

Trickling filters with covered secondary settling tank in background and dosing chamber in right foreground. Operator demonstrating tests for Kanneberg, 1946 July 23

Municipal sewage treatment plant, 1927 June 11

A. Prominent sanitary engineers inspection

B. Same group and Dorr clarifier of separate sludge digester in the background

C. Sludge beds and sprinkling filters

D. Sludge beds and operating house

E. Plant, inspection group in foreground

Water works showing addition for water softening, 1942 June 13

Appleton

Industrial wastes

Rendering plants, 1947 November 8
Note: Wisconsin Rendering Co. plant bordering Mud Creek.

Sulphite waste research, 1946 June 7
Note: Sulphite Manufacturers Committee pilot plant near Consolidated Water Power & Paper Co. mill.

Sulphite research, 1943 August

A-B. Pilot trickling filter system for treatment of sulphite waste liquor

C-D. Interior of filter showing special rotary distributor in operation
Note: Note partition separating different kinds of filter rock and pipe extending up through filter bed as overflow for backwash.

E-F. Final settling tanks
Note: Wastes are conveyed through open channels to settling tanks for sludge recovery. Averil Wiley and Klem Conan are inspecting.

G. Interior view of operating house showing solution tanks for chemicals

Paper mill wastes of several large paper mills on the lower Fox

Pulp and paper waste (sulphite waste liquor experiments), 1943 May 22

A-B. General view of pilot plant under construction by Sulphite Committee in Interlake Mill, Clem Coenen in foreground

C-D. Waste distributor for trickling filter demonstrated, A. Wiley, coordinator of Sulphite Waste Committee

Sewage treatment

1946 June 8

A. General view of sewage treatment works

B. Clarifiers at treatment works

C. Digesters and sludge beds on hill above plant

Sewage treatment works, 1938 May
Note: Note WPA project covering ground improvements at left. Industrial wastes not yet diverted to this plant.

Arlington

Cannery waste, 1946 August 4
Note: General view of waste lagoon, showing weed growth in the outlet lagoon. Outlet pipe is located at platform at corner of dike in the back.

Arpin

Sewage, circa 1964 May

Arthur

Industrial wastes

Construction of trickling filter at Arthur Cooperative Creamery and rock being placed, 1936 May

Undated

A-B. Milk waste treatment plant at Arthur Cooperative under construction

C. Placing rock in the new trickling filter, showing arrangement of sump and pump house
Note: Note center column support for the distributor.

Ashland

Bathing beach

Children swimming

Recreational bathing

A-B. Municipal dock used as pier

C-D. Beach west of city, bathhouse in foreground

E. General view along bay shore

F-G. Waterworks at Ashland

H. Sampler used in pollution survey

Lake pollution survey showing ore dock at Ashland adjacent to sewer outlet discharge, just beyond the derrick boat at left, 1946 July 25

Pollution abatement showing untreated sewage and bathing beach, 1945 September 9

Water supply

1938 May

A. General view showing covered flow sand filter bed in back and so-called jumbo well under cover at right

B. Old oaken bucket type of farm well located on low point of farm towards which barn and privies drain

County water supply, undated

Astico

Columbus Milk Producers Cooperative building, 1962 August 10

Elba Canning Co., showing elevation, screen, chemical treatment tanks, operating house, and sludge beds, 1931 June

Mammoth Springs Canning Co., 1934 July

A. Old septic tank used as collecting sump for screened wastes, which are pumped to the plant at left
Note: Note other plants in background.

B. Sludge beds at Mammoth Springs

C-D. Chemical treatment plant at Mammoth Springs

Augusta

Cannery waste treatment plant, 1935 July

Cannery waste treatment plant, 1935 July 6-9

Avalon

Milk plant, 1951 April 10

Aquatic weed cutting equipment

A. Skow-mounted aquatic weed cutting equipment at Oconomowoc, Dr. M.S. Nichols demonstrates

B. Close-up of under-water weed cutters on harvesting machinery
Note: “Disadvantage is that weeds must be collected to prevent shore nuisance.”

Badger Ordnance Works

New spillway and impounding basin receiving neutralized acid waste from the power plant, partly seen in the left back, 1943 June
Note: Note cows drinking from waste water.

General view of lagoon and spillway for ordnance works waste, 1943 June 1
Note: Cattle drinking immediately below discharge point into Wisconsin River above Prairie du Sac.

Baldwin

Municipal sewage treatment works, 1948 October

Trickling filter, 1947 January-February

Bangor

Sewage treatment plant, showing clarifier in the foreground and treatment house and digester in the back, 1939 April 27

Baraboo

Beach at Devil Lake State Park

1931 August

Undated

Undated

Swimming pool

1939 May

A-B. Municipal pool and bath house

C. Recirculating equipment

D. Filters

Pool under construction, 1937 October
Note: Completed tank in the foreground and bath house

1937 October 30

A. Location of new WPA pool

B-C. Close-up showing shallow ends and deep center construction

Sewage treatment showing settling tanks, digester and control building at the new treatment plant, 1939 April 26
Note: Edward Grosshans, operator, at the control valves at the end of the clarifier.

Barksdale

A. Screen receiving part of wastes from the DuPont explosives plant, 1946 July

B. North Creek, 1946 July

C. Washout of fill under railroad track, and sewer carrying water of a stream draining the southern lake shore of the Du Pont grounds and carrying industrial waste, 1946 July

Bayfield

Damage after cloudburst

Beaver Dam

Sewerage

1934 September 11

A. New trickling filter units with cloverleaf construction and concrete slab wells

B. Clarifier operating house under construction, digester and gas holder in front

Sewage treatment plant, trickling filter in front, 1946 July 22

Sewage treatment plant under construction, showing filter wall and bottom, 1934 June 6

1934 July 11

A. General view of construction

B-C. Close up of trickling filter showing filter walls, underdrains, piping system to the distributor, primary and second settling tanks in the background

1934 September 11

A. New sewage treatment works

B. Trickling filters

1945

A-B. Sewage sludge filter

C. General view of sewage treatment works

D. Diversion manhole at treatment works

South Beaver Dam, lagoon at Stokely canning plant during ice melt, 1944 April

Water supply

Bathing beach where swimmer's itch had previously developed (none this year), about 3 miles east of Beaver Dam on Highway 33, 1939 June 9

Operations at the northside well that improve yield and possibly better chemical quality through enlarged well casing, 1941 June

Swimmer's itch outbreak, 1939 May 23

A-B. Experimental treatment of marsh and feeder steam along Highway 33
Note: Mr. Brackett demonstrates application of copper carbonate to snail-infested area.

C. Close-up of equipment to dust copper carbonate

D. Kanneberg and Brackett examining blower equipment

Stream pollution, undated
Note: View of dying fish to be used as exhibit in Beaver Dam hearing testimony.

Belgium

Sewage, 1951 June

Beloit

Stream pollution showing sewer outlet and river gauge at interstate bridge on Rock River, 1947 September

Intercepting sewer construction near C&NW station, a WPA program to convey all sewerage to a site in Illinois for treatment, 1939

Swimming pool at country club, 1936 July
Note: Photo by A.J. Steffen.

Berlin

Water, undated

Water works, pump station, reservoir, three wells, pumps, and other equipment, 1957 November 4

Swimming pool, undated

Black River Falls

Sewage treatment works from Black River levee, 1946 May

Water supply, 1948

Bloomer

Industrial waste at Duncan Creek, 1950 July 27

Sewage treatment

1948 August

A. Treatment works, showing clarifier and sludge beds in the foreground and trickling filter at the back

B. Sludge beds and trickling filter, operating house in the right background

1939 May 27

A. Trickling filter installation, showing rock of a Plymouth underdrain system

B-C. Construction of sludge drying beds with finished clarifier and operating house in the back. Kanneberg views construction

1946 May

A. Communitors, grit chamber, and primary clarifier. Wisniewski and operator appear

B. Kanneberg, Resh, Wisniewski and operator, with sludge beds in the background

C. Trickling filter installation, clarifier in front

D. Final clarifier

Bloomington

Bloomington Waterworks, undated

Bonduel

Bonduel sewage treatment plant

1945 August 8

Complete treatment is provided, a separate digestion, trickling filter disposal system, 1942 June 13

Boscobel

Swimming pool, 1935

Boyd

Industrial waste, 1938 May

A. Gravel filter at the Boyd Creamery, Mr. West making adjustments and pump setting

B. Boyd Creamery
Note: Note concrete base and effluent channel leading to diversion weir box in front of pump house.

C. View looking down gravel filter showing diversion weir box in the foreground
Note: Filter operates at a high rate of recirculation.

D. Diversion weir box showing adjustable apron that permits diversion of varying amount of effluent pump sump and effluent tile

E-F. General view of Boyd Creamery waste disposal plant

G. Whey tank at Boyd Creamery

Brillion, pea cannery waste treatment, undated

A. General view of treatment plant

B. Sludge beds

C. Partition of sludge beds

D. Screen unit and pump sump

E. Chemical storage facilities below operating house

Brokow

Wausau Paper Mills Co., 1928 July

A. Wastes discharged into tail-race in the foreground

B. Slick caused by discharge of waste in the foreground

Brooklyn

Industrial wastes at Bowman Dairy

Trickling filter, special motor-driven distributor gives good distribution of wastes over filter, 1945 May 8

General view with trickling filter in the front, 1946 April 29

Brownsville

Cannery lagoon, undated

Browntown

Waterworks, undated

Burlington

New sewage treatment works, undated

Butternut

Clarigester type of sewage treatment works, undated

Cadott

Sewage treatment plant during last stages of construction, spiraflow clarifier, 1951

Cambria

Cannery waste treatment, 1934 July

A. Columbia Canning Co, showing rotary screen in the foreground and chemical treatment plant in the back

B. Removal of screenings used as hog feed on nearby farms

C. Columbia Canning Co. chemical waste treatment plant

D. Columbia Canning, with silage stack in the foreground
Note: Sump and sump pump for silage juice at the left. Disposal is by soil absorption.

E. Midwest Canning Corp. of Rochell, Illinois

Duck Creek survey, 1928

A. View three miles south of Cambria
Note: Septic conditions prevailed here during August 1928.

B. Dead fish caught 18 miles below Cambria during , 1928 August

Campbellsport

Industrial wastes

1942 August 1

A. Trickling filter at Stella Cheese Co.
Note: Filter is equipped for recirculation of any portion of effluent. Final discharge is to city sewer.

B. Filter top
Note: No evidence of ponding or excessive slime formation. Good results appeared to be effected.

Stella Cheese Co. trickling filter, 1936 June 2

1940 September

A-B. General view of trickling filter

C. Rear of the filter, showing secondary settling tank and pump house

D. Distributor at the top of the trickling filter

Sewerage

Vogt-type aerator at activated sludge plant, 1940 September
Note: Mr. Unger, factory representative, is putting plant in operation.

Cambridge

Sewerage, 1951 March 7

Cannery wastes

Pea vine silage, 1930 May

A-D. Arnold Drier and intake end. Note cutter for chopping vines.

D. Discharge end of drier during operation

E. Cyclone for collecting dried vines leaving the drier

F. Malt wastes before drying

G. Malt wastes after drying

H. Dried pea vines

I. General view of sacking operations

J. Drier in operation

K. Feeding pea vines into silage cutter

Cannery wastes at experimental plant (Chivers Co., Huntingdon, England), 1935 July

Carrollville

Industrial waste from manufacturing plants taken during pollution survey, being carried out cooperatively with the aid of Milwaukee Sewerage Commission, 1936 April

Waste from U.S. Glue, 1951 June

Casco

Van Camp dairy waste treatment plant, 1932 August 8
Note: Photos by H. Ruf.

A. General views of gravity type treatment plant

B. Interior view of distribution system
Note: Note roof opening to facilitate regulation of value to tip trough.

Cashton

Old sewage treatment plant under construction, new operating house at the right, 1939 April 27

Cedarburg

Cannery wastes

1927 July

A. Completed plant at start of canning season

B. Sludge beds and pumping equipment and (left to right) Colburn, Sanborn, Wittenberg, and plant operator

C. Distribution trough at inlet to settling tank

D. Wittenburg studying operation of plant

Continuous flow type chemical treatment plant for wastes of J.P. Paver Canning Co., 1927 May 24

1928

A-B. Mixing device for chlorinated copper

C. Field lab at Paver Canning Co.

D. Construction of experimental trickling filters

E-F. Completed trickling filter unit

G. Reconstruction of sludge beds at Paver

H. Care of pea vine stack at Paver

I. Clorinater installation at Cedarburg

1929

A. Sludge bed showing cracking

B. Interior of field laboratory

C. Collecting samples from trickling filter

D. Operation of pump for trickling filter

E. Care of septic sludge

F. Samples and pH control equipment during filter tests

G-H. Sludge studies

1939 June

A. Erection of fill and draw precipitation tanks at Cedarburg Canning Co.

B. Construction of tile filter showing parts of distributor unit

C. Waste treatment site showing storage tank and filter unit under construction

D. Mr. Johnson of Red Wing Sewer Pipe Co. aiding construction

E. Completed experimental plant showing fill and draw precipitation tanks

F. Tile filter in operation at start of pack

G. Close-up of rotary distributor

H. Operator's test kit

I. Rock filter in operation

J. Filter units at start of canning season

K. Top of filters showing dosage rate control tanks

June 1938

A. Completed high-rate filter at Cedarburg Canning

B. McKee and Wirth making adjustments in the recirculation system for the tile filter

C. Rock filter

1938 July

A. General view of experimental chemical treatment units. Mr. McKee is conducting the test

B. Experimental beds for chemically precipitated sludge

C-D. Chemical treatment test showing clarification with ferric chloride

E-F. Tests with ferrosol

1938 July 16-17

A. Cylinder tests showing effect of ferrisul and lime treatment

B. Cylinder tests showing raw wastes and three cylinders of treated wastes that gave good calcification with lime/ferrisol treatment

C-D. Additional tests

E. Sludge drying beds containing two ferric chloride runs and one bentonite run

Cylinder tests of silage juice, 1938 July 26

Sand filter used in experimental treatment of corn, beet, and tomato wastes zinc chloride and lime, 1938 September
Note: Messrs. McKee, Wirth, and Sanborn are conducting the tests.

1946 July 16

A. General view of chemical precipitation plant, Kanneberg and NCA rep observing

B. Fill and draw chemical precipitation tanks

C-D. Inside of fill and draw tank showing mixing propeller at side

E. Full tank of cannery wastes during mixing

F. Mobile lab used for field tests, (right to left) Kanneberg, Sanborn, and Wisniewski

Sewage treatment plant

Plant constructed in 1927, Operator Schwartz in front

1938 June 17

A. Operating house

B-C. Trickling filter and secondary settling tanks

D. View through manhole. Top of digester shows supernatant indicator following overturn of contents

E. Sand filter showing discharge on bed

1938 June

A-B. Trickling filter at Cedarburg plant, showing intermediate clarifier in back

C. Sand filter

D. Primary treatment units and operating house

Chemical treatment of lakes and streams, 1942 June

A-B. Photelometer for measuring chemical strength, with copper sulphate being inserted

C-E. Speedometer for boat-starting. Dr. Bartsch holds the fin of pendulum that swings with increased speed

Chicago, Illinois, North Side treatment works

Showing treatment works, blower units for the activated sludge treatment, and grit chamber for removal of inert substances, undated

General views showing filtration building and aeration tanks and pump house, 1934 July 28

Chilton

Sewage disposal, Imhoff tank unit at the municipal plant and improper trickling filter showing lack of distribution over filter area and Dr. Harper inspecting the plant, 1933 July

Industrial waste, 1932 August 24-25
Note: Photo by H. Ruf.

A. General view of circular filter

B. Rotary distributor

C. Influent and effluents obtained

D. Pump unit and field laboratory

Sewage and industrial waste, filter activated sludge plant for both sewage and industrial waste also showing control house, 1942 June 12

Milk waste treatment, 1933 March 11

A-B. General view in winter of Carnation plant

C. Filter unit

D. Close up showing top of filter unit

E. Wastes discharged onto filter during winter operations

F. Distributor with bleeder to prevent freezing

Chippewa Falls

Bathing/boating area on Chippewa River, 1944 July

Sewage treatment plant, 1952 July

Duncan Creek dam which furnishes power to nearby ice house

Chippewa River surveys

1927 July-November

A. Lake Wissota

B. Jim Falls power plant and rapids

C. Chippewa Falls rapids which provide aeration

Sunday conditions, 1929 July 7

A. Northern State Power Dam at Chippewa Falls

B. Dells Pulp and Paper Co. dam at Eau Claire

1929 July 8

A-B. Holcombe Rapids

C. Paper mills and dam at Cornell

D. Jim Falls dam

Clayton

Industrial waste ditch of the Stella Cheese Co. plant, 1948

Clear Lake

Milk waste treatment

1935 July 7

A. Treatment plant and Coop Milk Plant

B-C. New trickling filter, close to dwellings

1936 November 8

A-B. Plant during freezing weather

C. Close up of filter and distributor

D. Wastes being sprayed on filter, showing aeration

E. Cleaning nozzles

Sewage construction, 1948 October

Colby

Waste and well sites, undated

Sewerage, undated

Coleman

Industrial waste irrigation system at County Garden, 1951

Colfax

Twenty-four hour survey, 1950

Columbia County

Water filtration plant, 1929 July 7

Columbus

Arnold dryer unit, 1933 November 17

A-B. Arnold dryer in service at Renk farm #4, showing discharge to silo and pea vines dried for stock feed

C. Discharge end of Arnold dryer unit

D. Dried and sacked feed

Columbus Cannery wastes

Plant outlet to Crawfish Creek and silo, 1926 April 19

1928 July

A-B. Field used for broad irrigation

C. Waste discharging into field through lime for neutralization

New treatment plant, 1931 May

Sewage treatment plant and digester under construction

Walter Reichardt, consulting engineer is in the foreground, 1934 September 11

Additional view of plant, 1934 September

Community sanitation

Various views of privies at Oshkosh parks, taverns and private homes, 1936

WPA community sanitation shop at Shiocton showing equipment for mass production of outdoor toilets, 1937 July

Conservation Commission

Fish stocking operations and transportation in Fond du Lac County, 1928 July

Crawfish River

Pollution survey, 1929 July 30

A. Dam above Fall River

B. Station #6 and bridge

C. Good reservation over the dam at Danville

Cross Plains

Treatment plant, 1948 September

Crystal Lake

Algae caused by pre-1925 inflow of weed seeds from Mullet River, now being dredged

Cudahy

Water plant where chlorination of supply is provided, 1936 April

Cumberland

Food dehydration waste study, 1943 September 13

A. USPHS trailer and screen unit of Stokely Bros. Cannery

B-C. Committee on Water Pollution inspecting mobile lab

Dane

Waterworks, undated

Drainage well and ditch responsible for pollution of private well, 1932 April

Deer Lake (Polk County)

Aquatic nuisance control, 1948 August

Deerbrook

Slaughtering house of Ed Mattek, undated

Deerfield

Deerfield Creamery Co., 1951 March 7

DeForest

Creamery and milk products wastes

1927 May 12

A. DeForest Dairy Co. experimental plant

B. Septic tank interior

C. Constructing lath filter unit, 1927 April 6

D. Lath filter units in place

E. Arrival of tank units and sprinkling filter

F. Placing tank unit

G. Aligning settling tank with other units

H. Caulking and repairing settling tank

1927 May 18

A. Moving aeration tank

B. Constructing trickling filter

C. Essential units in place

D. Pollution of Catfish Creek

E. General view

Completed sludge unit, De Forest Creamery, 1928 April 28

1928 June-August

A-B. DeForest Dairy Co.

C-D. Treatment plant at start of experimental work

E. Weir installed to measure flow in Catfish Creek receiving plant effluent

F. Collection of composite sample for efficiency assessment

G. Pump unit for moving wastes from old septic tank to experimental plant

1928 February 23-25

A. Trickling filter operation

B-C. Cylinders of raw and treated creamery waste

D-E. View of plant layout

F. Lath and trickling filter units in winter

1928 December 2-9

A-E. View of experimental plant in winter, with Engineer Ruff making tests and Messrs Homewood, Mothershead, and Ruff conducting chemical experiments
Note: Note ice at top of trickling filter unit, and ice melt on distribution boards.

F-G. Cylinders of treated wastes

1928 November 23-25

A. Experimental waste treatment plant, showing secondary settling tanks

B. Filter units during winter, with Ruff collecting a sample

C-D. Chlorination unit and equipment

E-F. Secondary settling tanks and overflow weir

1928 December 6

A-C. General view of experimental plant during winter, with trickling filter

D. Trickling and lath filters

E-F. Trough and trickling filter

G. Treatment solution and mixing tanks

H. Plant in winter

Reconstruction of trickling filter unit at De Forest Dairy Co., 1929 June 29

Undated

A. General view of reconstructed trickling filter unit showing chlorinator installation

B-C. Secondary settling tanks and trickling filter

Cannery waste discharge

Crawfish Creek, 1931 April

Catfish Creek, undated

A. Conditions from pea cannery waste

B. Conditions from creamery and cheese factory wastes

C. Fuhrman Canning Co. on Catfish Creek

D. DeForest Creamery on Catfish Creek

Delavan

Sewage treatment at “old plant,” showing trickling filter, 1925
Note: Photo by Prof. Corp.

Algae and weed growth on lake at Delavan, 1934 July 28

A. View showing extensive weed and algae growth
Note: This lake received surface drainage only. Odors have been experienced on occasion.

B. Additional view, showing dense mass of algae accumulated behind boats by the wind
Note: Extensive growth observed all around the margin. Lake receives no sewage pollution.

Delavan Lake

Survey, 1935 June 11

A. Inlet looking northwest from intersection of STH 50 and Lake Road, marsh in foreground and Lakelawn Hotel development in back

B. View across lake from South Shore Manor, aquatic vegetation in the foreground

C. Mouth of canal in Lake Delavan Highlands

D. Canal, looking west

E. Outlet of Lake Delavan, looking west from bridge

F. View of lake outlet from assembly grounds

G. West shore of lake looking south from assembly grounds

H. Inlet looking northeast from the STH 50 bridge

Denmark

Stream pollution, undated

DePere

Sewage treatment

Sewerage plant and operators, 1945 May 31

Hickory Grove Sanatorium on the Fox River and sewage treatment plant, 1939 June 7

View of new chemical precipitation plant, 1938 May

Milk waste treatment, 1939 August

A. Cheese factory four miles from De Pere where Halvorson high-rate filter was installed

B-C. Close-up of storage tank and filter

D. Rotating distributor
Note: Note spray over gravel used as filter.

Dodgeville

Dodgeville Mining Co. new lagoon, 1950 September

Badger Mining Co. drainage ditch around Crystal Lake, with mine shaft in the back, undated

Iowa County Hospital and Home sewage plant, 1957 July 26

Dorchester

Dorchester plant during winter operation, 1957 February 18

Duck Creek

Stream pollution survey, 1929 July 30
Note: Shows Cambria mill pond and condition above Station #4.

Eagle River

Sewage treatment works

1945 August 8

1948

Water supply well showing iron removal plant, elevated storage tank, pump house, 1931 August 13

Eau Claire

Sewage treatment

Construction showing use of well point to lower ground water in sandy area, 1939 May 27

Operators attending regional school at Eau Claire works, 1943 June 24-25

1948 August

A-B. Clarifiers and digesters and the municipal plant

C. Main operating house with clarifiers behind shrubbery

Eden

Mammoth Springs Canning Co., showing treatment system in the foreground
Note: Trickling filter of White House Milk at the right.

Edgar

Disintegration sewage plant, 1948 March

Edgerton

Trickling filter sewage system, 1951 June

Elkhart Lake

Sewage system, 1951 June

A. Dosing of the filter

B. Imhoff tank and submerged sludge bed

C. Damage done in blasting out wall of sludge bed

Elkhorn

Elkhorn Canning Co. chemical precipitation plant, undated

Filters at sewage treatment plant and sand filter for intermediate treatment, 1947 October 7

Opening of the remodeled plant, undated

Water and light plant, showing new well, aerator, and reservoirs, 1933 May 27

Illinois-Fox River

Pollution study, 1929 August 9

A. Stream below Waukesha, above Station #2

B. Weedy conditions above Mukwonago

C. Dam just below Rochester

D. Above Burlington

Indianapolis

Plant inspection, undated

Interstate cooperative activities

Tri-state bathing waters study, showing South Side beach at Chicago and municipal water plant in the back, 1948 July

Meeting at Stoddard Hotel (La Crosse) of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa officials to arrange continuation of clean-up program of Mississippi River, 1948 November

Jackson

Rockfield Canning Co. silage juice lagoon, 1952 July 16

Jackson Canning Co. treatment plant, 1927 June 16

Septic tank cleaning, 1936 June 3

Janesville

Fluoridation, 1950

Sewerage, 1939 May

A. Sewage treatment house and clarifier

B. Digesters with gas holder, along the Rock River downstream from operating house

C. Construction of site in river channel

Jefferson Junction

Malt house waste treatment

1934 July

A. Waste outlet from Ladish-Stoppenbach Co., H. Ruf and E.J. Tully examining wastes

B. Ruf collecting samples, with grain deposits on the banks

1934 August

A. Completed filter unit at Laddish-Stoppenbach, with trickling filter showing construction and sampling cup

C. Filter base

D. Top of secondary tank and sampling box for filter unit effluent

1934 August

A. General view showing rotary distributor of experimental waste treatment plant

B. Construction of trickling filter floor

C. Construction of secondary settling tank

D. Plant ready for operation

E. Installing shaft for rotary distributor

F. Completed trickling filter

G. Rotary distributor

H. Secondary settling tank

1934 September

A. Completed experimental plant

B. Sampling device for influent and effluent

C-D. Secondary settling tank and effluent sampler

F-I. Experimental treatment plant, Ruf and Tully inspecting the dosing equipment

J. Experimental filter unit

K. Experimental plant before automatic syphon for dosing the filter was installed

L. Top of secondary settling tank

M. Secondary settling tank in use

Experimental plant, also showing trickling filter under freezing conditions, 1934 December 15

1934 December

A. Experimental treatment plant showing windbreak for winter

B. Ice accumulation along the filter
Note: No ice on the top, due to warm wastes.

C. Collection of composite samples during winter

D. General view of plant

E. Winter sampling conditions

F. Top of trickling filter during winter operations
Note: Note absence of ice at -7 Celsius.

1935 August

A. Screen unit of treatment system

B. Trickling filter wall construction

C. Secondary settling tank equipped with screw conveyor for sludge

1936 June

A. Sampler used before bio-filtration

B. Collecting trough at top of filter

1937 May

Ladish-Stoppenbach Co., 1937 August

Ladish-Stoppenbach Co., 1938 April 20

Laddish Malting, 1951 August

Junction City

Lagoons, 1957 March 7

A. First lagoon, Schraufnagel in background

B. Second lagoon, village in the distance

C. First lagoon

D. First lagoon with Schraufnagel looking for trout in open hole

E. First lagoon in foreground

Juneau

1948 August

A. New sewage plant at completion

B. Trickling filter and activated sludge unit for final treatment of the combined domestic and milk plant waste

General view of new plant, 1949 July

Kaukauna

Industrial waste, Thilmany Pulp and Paper Mill

Lime recovery system and clarifier, 1935 October

Weir and waste sampler, 1938 May

Sewage treatment

New chemical precipitation plant, with sludge incineration, 1938 May

Treatment plant, 1951 August

Water system, showing corroded casing from city well after 24 years of service, 1935 May 15

Kendall

Sewage treatment

Treatment plant with open filter for combined settled sewage and milk plant wastes and wire fence construction walls, 1935 August

Treatment plant showing dike to prevent flooding, undated

Kenosha

Bathing beach pollution, including view of sewer and bathers, 1933 July

Kenosha Brass and American Brass plants, 1942 November

Pleasant Homes subdivision, circa 1966

Water supply

Municipal filtration plant, 1933 August

Undated

A. Mixing facilities for coagulation of water

B. Sewer through breakwater north of bathing beach and waterworks plant

Keshena

Community sanitation, 1937 August

A. Trailer camp arranged for tin can convention tourists

B. Outdoor toilets erected by WPA

Stream survey at Keshena Falls, with Kanneberg, 1946 July 23

Kewaskum

Treatment plant after explosions, 1958 January 27

A. South side of plant

B. Looking west and north, concrete cover on sludge holding tank blown off

C. Looking south, wall and windows of plant near holding tank

Kiel

1951

Kimberly

Industrial wastes at Kimberly Clark

Construction of new white water system, 1927 July

Water purification plant, 1935 October

Paper mill and Fox River, with purification plant in the foreground, 1935 October

Sewage treatment plant, 1951 August

Knowlton

Knowlton Canning Co. and area to be used as lagoon for wastes

Kohler

Sewage plant, undated

Kraft Waste Committee

Committee with representatives of National Council on Stream Improvement of Pulp and Paper Industry and the Committee on Water Pollution, 1945 August 8
Note: Left to right: Pasco, Extrom (Tomahawk Kraft Paper), Charles Seaborne (Thilmany Paper), Richard Nugent (Nekossa-Edward), Carl Moe (Strange Paper, Stevens Point), Harry Gehm (national council), L.F. Warrick. Back row: M.L. Downs (Thilmany Paper), Lewis (Institute of Paper Chemistry), Gus Enderlaine, (Mosinee sulphate fiber), Adolph Kanneberg (Committee on Water Pollution), Willis Van Horn (Institute on Paper Chemistry).

La Crosse

Rendering plant, view from Mississippi River after it was closed to rendering of dead animals, undated
Note: Only meat scraps are being received at present.

Sewage treatment

General view of treatment plant on an island in the Mississippi River, showing control house and digestion tanks, 1939 April 26

Operators attending sewage work course at La Crosse, 1943 July 15-16

Laboratory at sewage treatment works, 1948 November 30

Water supply, children wading in a horse trough, 1935 August

La Crosse River

Survey, 1928

Ladysmith

Sewerage, 1948 August

A. New treatment plant, Flambeau River in the foreground

B. Construction of clarifier and digester units, with sludge beds at the left

C. Construction showing trickling filter in the background

Water supply

Various views of the site, showing privy, well site, 1957 February 4

Additional views, 1957 February 28

Lake, Town of (Milwaukee County)

Water tank construction, undated

Lake Delton

Algae nuisance, 1939 July

A. Boom across Dell Creek above Timme Bros. Mill, algae upstream from the boom

B. Algae so thick that it interferes with boating

C. Algae and floating weeds matted together, also Dr. Woodbury

D. Dell Creek during period of maximum accumulation

E. Dell creek above boom at Timme Bros. Mill

Lake Geneva

Dairy waste plant at Borden Milk Co., 1932 August 17

Sewage treatment plant, 1947 October 7

Sewage treatment plant , 1947 October 7 (continued)

Val-Lo-Will farm, 1951 August

Lake Mills

Lake Mills Cannery wastes, undated

A. Pipe line to broad irrigation disposal field

B. Screen and pump unit

C-D. Screening discharge facilities

E. Broad irrigation field

F. Silage juice sump

Municipal treatment plant, showing Imhoff tank with airlift for pumping sewage into the tank, 1928 July

Lake Wisconsin

Lake with water drawn down five feet below normal, undated

Lakeville, Minnesota

Creamery wastes, undated

Leadmine

Stream pollution, 1936 August

A. New Mullen Mine

B. Hwy 20 near Shullsburg where drainage from above the mine reaches branch of Fever River

C. Settling basin at Pacquette Mine

D. New basin at Pacquette Mine

E. Settling basin at DeRocher Mine

Lena

Sewage treatment work on a small stream, 1949 July

Linden

Water tower reconstruction, 1964 April 27

Little Chute

Sewage treatment

General view from bridge also showing landscape, 1938 May

1951 August

Livingston

United Milling and Mining Co. lagoon and ditch, 1945 June

Waterworks, undated

Lomira

Galloway West dairy waste shipping and receiving station showing biological filter in the foreground and arrangement of the filter, 1931 April 11

Municipal treatment plant with the trickling filter showing the results of overloading by cannery wastes

Loyal

Industrial wastes

General view of filter system for cheese factory washings, also showing winter operation, 1930 December

Canning plant and milk plant, 1930

Lakeshire Cheese Co. plant, showing scum on the secondary settling tank, 1932 July 13
Note: Note maggots on the side wall and cleaning of storage tank. Photographer: H. Ruf.

Water supply, wells #1A-C, 3, and 4 and new well site, 1965 January

Luck

Views from alley near main street before sewer construction, 1939 April

Madison

Brittingham Park sewage pumping station, showing federal relief project improvements, 1936 October 26

Burke sewage plant

Aerator for experimental run to permit treatment of domestic and packing plant wastes, 1934 January 10

1951 September

Dane County sewage disposal plant, showing construction of hopper bottoms of the Imhoff tank, and sprinkling filter, undated

Lakes Waubesa and Kegonsa, undated

Madison Hide and Rendering Co., showing bloated condition of hogs and discharge of wastes due to pump failure, 1937 September 27

Mosquito control, undated

A. Power spraying equipment

B. Pool south of Commercial Avenue

C-D. Spraying near Roth Street

Nine Springs treatment plant

Trickling filter and secondary settling tanks, 1928 August

Settling tanks, operating house, and collecting gas from Imhoff tank, 1930 June

Removal of gas collection hood from Imhoff tank, 1931 August

Addition under construction, 1936 March

Visit by Pan American engineers with staff of Bureau of Sanitary Engineers (State Board of Health), 1942 November 12-13

Clarifiers and sludge digestion tanks, also Mallory and John Mackin

New clarifiers and aeration tanks, control house, grease removal facilities, floating cover type sludge storage tanks, etc., undated

Gas collecting hoods of Imhoff tanks, gas to be burned in operating house, undated

Packing plants

Capitol City packing plant wastes, showing discharge, operators, and Nine Springs Creek, 1926 June

Oscar Mayer

Tanks and digester, 1936 October

1937 September

Original sludge tanks at the right, 1937 October

Packing plant wastes, showing chemical precipitation plant, equalizing tank, and lagoons for sludge in the foreground, 1937 May 22

Pigs, West's hog farm

Garbage disposal and trucks used to haul garbage to farm, 1935 September

Additional views, 1928 May 9

Inspection by governor's team, showing dumping of city garbage, flies, dead animals, hogs feeding, 1927 June 13 and November 5

Rubbish disposal from State Office Building into Law Park, “dumping now halted,” 1942 July 29

Sewage plant operators school, 1938 April

Sewage treatment plant, 1944 September 4

A. Operator collecting samples for tests in Mallory control process for activated sludge

B. Close-up of sampling station

C. Operator conducting tests in laboratory

D. Operator making valve adjustments

E. Sludge blanket finder. Right to left, E.B. Mallory, A.W. West, and George Bernauer

Sewage treatment plant (color slides), undated

Tenney Park, 1934

Tenney Park, 1934 (continued)

Weed control

Bathing beaches and algae, 1941 July

A. Beach at the end of Hamilton St., showing algae

B. Same view from railroad signal tower

C-D. View from State Office Building showing algae accumulation

E-H. Beach at the end of Hamilton St.

Lake Monona, showing barge and pumping equipment, Domogalla demonstrating for State Committee on Chemical Treatment of Lakes and Streams, 1939 June 6

Lake Waubesa

Algae treatment, 1934 August

A. General view of Mud Lake below Lake Waubesa

B. Stream channel below Lake Waubesa after removal of weeds with decomposing algae

Showing motor boat sprayer, 1936 July
Note: Domogalla explains the operations to Kanneberg and Tulley.

Showing motor boat sprayer, 1936 July (continued)

Well drilling and construction (UW Experimental Farm?), 1938 June

Manitowish

Fish way at Rest Lake Dam, showing tipping bucket, undated

Manitowoc

New sewage treatment plant nearing completion, 1940 July 18
Note: Note construction crew placing brick facing on the digester in foreground.

Wells #1-3, 1930 June

Marinette

Bathing beach, undated

Sewage treatment

1937 June

A. Construction of clarifier units, Kanneberg inspecting the plant

B. Old mill powerhouse used as operating house for disposal plant

C-D. New manhole on intercepting sewer that diverts sewage to new plant

E. Digester unit

F. General view with clarifier in the foreground, operating house and digesters in the back

1939 April

Stream survey, 1937 January

A. View from bay northeast of Marinette

B. Yacht basin at Menominee, sampling site for survey

Marion

Marion bathing beach, undated

Markesan industrial wastes

Bottom lands along Grand River proposed as site for lagooning wastes of River View Canning, 1945 May

New lagoon for River View Canning Co., which parallels Grand River, 1946 July 22

Marshfield

Silo erected at the Marshfield Canning Co. to correct odor nuisances, 1929 June 8

Sewage

Experimental high rate filters, undated

Treatment plant, showing landscaping, 1930 September

Trickling filter, 1947 January-February

1948 Spring

circa 1948 June

New treatment plant under construction, 1948 August

General views and trickling filter showing ineffective dosing due to insufficient head, undated

Trickling filter in winter, sludge recirculation equipment

Teepee burner, undated

Medford

Cannery wastes showing experiments with zinc chloride, 1939 July 17

Chemical precipitation at Medford Canning Co., 1931 August 16

Sewage treatment

General view and close-up of clarifier, 1945

Sewage treatment plant, undated

Mellen

Water supply showing dam and storage reservoir, 1931 August 15

Menasha
Note: See also Neenah-Menasha.

New strawboard mill, the wastes from which enter the Upper Fox, 1927 August

Stream survey, 1934 January 17

A. East bay of Little Lake Butte des Mortes along Lower Fox

B-D. Collecting samples through ice at Station 3a-c, Wisconsin Tissue mill in the background

E. Ice shanties, most beyond the zone of heavy sludge deposits

F. Collecting DO sample at Station #3b

Mendota

DDT spraying, 1945 October

A. Captain Lyman spraying DDT in asylum dairy barn

B. Spraying team from US Public Health Service, with Captain Engler, Mr. Park at DDT school

Menominee

Sewage treatment

New plant for North Menominee area with Red Cedar River in the back, 1936 November 8

Operating house and digester of North Menomonie unit, 1948 October

Menomonee Falls

Sewerage treatment

Treatment plant construction, William Cramer in the foreground, 1934 September 13

Activated sludge pipe sewage treatment plant and aerators, 1938 June 17

Treatment plant and aeration units in operation, 1938 June

Treatment plant, undated

Treatment plant, undated (continued)

Menomonee River

Survey

Sampling point above Marinette

A. Pulp and paper mills in the background

B. Kimberly-Clark mills at Niagara
Note: Foam is due to cleaning of white water settling tanks and sulphite waste liquor.

C. Interstate bridge over the Menominee River near Marek, a sampling point of the survey

Paper mills and falls at Niagara, 1929 July 1

Mequon

Swimming pool, 1938 July

Mercer

1968 February 13

Merrimac

Sanitary survey, 1941 November 13

A-F. General views of the bluffs

G. Railroad bridge at Merrimac

H-I. Merrimac

J. Soil conditions

K. Sewage disposal facilities at Lodi

Merton

Sealtite Manufacturing Co., showing rockwood on the ground, roof, etc., 1945 February

Middleton

Sewage disposal project, showing views of temporary site, weed growth in marsh, and drainage ditches, 1930 April 2

Temporary treatment works pending completion of intercepting sewer of Madison district, 1930

Milk sanitation views, 1944 June

Milwaukee

Garbage disposal at institutions

1936 September

A. Piggery and new PWA refuse incinerator

B. Refuse incinerator for county institution

C-D. Pigs feeding on concrete platform with incineration for non-edible refuse

E-F. Garbage grinder in sink

1938 April

A. Refuse burner at Soldiers Hospital

B. Home-made refuse incinerator at Veterans Hospital

Waste at slaughterhouse and packing district in downtown area

Sewage treatment

1934 September 13

A. Mixed liquor channel of original plant during construction of new units

B. Aeration channel to convey mixed liquor to new units

C. New aerator units of the spiral flow type at Jones Island treatment plant

D. New clarifier units of the tow-brow type

E. Cleaning original town-brow clarifier tank

Jones Island plant

1936 April

Grit removal chambers and clarifiers of addition to the activated sludge plant, and view of conditions, 1938 February 24

1948 October

1948 December

Menominee River looking upstream, showing golf course downstream from suggested effluent discharge point for war industry plant, 1943 July 25

Treatment works screen house and power plant with administration building at right, also showing sludge drying and fertilizer portion of plant, 1947 June

Water supply

1934 September 12

A-B. People obtaining spring water when city supply was unsafe

C. PWA construction of breakwater for new plant

1934 September 13

A. New plant site, construction of breakwater

B-C. People carrying spring water

Construction of filtration plant, showing break-water construction and small amount of infiltration from the lake, 1935 May

Construction of new filtration plant, 1936 April

Construction of new filtration plant, 1937 September

Construction, 1937 November

Construction nearing completion, 1938 July

New water softening plant and city hall, 1940 February

New filtration plant along Lake Michigan shore, 1941 June

Water purification plant, undated

Water purification plant, undated (continued)

Waterworks laboratory during taste and odor tests showing Norton Thomas and Mrs. Wegner, undated

Gastroenteritis investigation

Lake Michigan from breakwater, construction of filtration plant, and storage reservoir near Soldiers Home, 1938 February

Harnishfeger Corp. where survey was made for outbreak, power house at the center and reservoir at the right, 1938 April
Note: Company normally supplied by water from deep well and Milwaukee system during summer.

Mineral Point

Stream pollution where mine car spilled acid, 1926 June

Minocqua

Sewage treatment

New treatment plant showing trickling filter, clarifiers, and secondary tanks, 1935 September

New treatment plant showing trickling filter, clarifiers, and secondary tanks, 1935 September (continued)

1968 February 14

Miscellaneous

C.M. Baker - personal

Environmental sanitation office, 1951

State Board of Health in session in State Office Building, 1941 July 12

Mishicot

Wastes from Western Condensing Co.

General view, whey trucks unloading at whey dehydrating plant, and washings discharging into Twin River below dam, 1945 June 30

Trickling filter, 1946 Winter

Mississippi River

Clean up

1931 April 24

Inspections in the Hastings area and view of Lake Pepin

Prescott, South St. Paul, and Newport, with committee of Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures, U.S. Engineers, and state officials making survey between twin cities and Prescott

Industrial waste, 1933 May 29

A-B. Armour plant, South St. Paul

C. Cudahy plant, Newport

D. Armour outlets

Alma dam, 1936 September

Ceremonies at formal opening of Twin Cities plant, 1938 May

Monroe

Swimming pool and wading pool, a CWA project, 1934 May 31

Sewage treatment