Title: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division: Photographs and Negatives
Inclusive Dates: 1902-1942

Creator:

• Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division

Call Number: PH Series 2696

Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 5 negative boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Photographs and negatives of water, power, and electric plants in Wisconsin probably taken by or collected by the Commission and its predecessors to facilitate appraisal of public utilities or to illustrate other engineering reports. Exterior views of urban and rural landscapes show streetscapes, office buildings, warehouses, telephone exchanges, power substations, telephone poles, trolley lines and barns, dams and water reservoirs, and boats and harbors. Some illustrate accidents and storm damage. Interior views illustrate power plant equipment such as turbines and telephone switchboards and their operators. The Superior file includes a 1942 report.

Language: English

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The file is arranged as prints and negatives, with each category then arranged alphabetically both by place and company name. The company files document more than one community. In only a few instances do the files include corresponding prints and negatives. The majority of the unprinted negatives date from the 1930s, while the prints are older.

	Series: Prints
	Subseries: Community Files
Box   1 Folder   1	Abbotsford, 1922
Box   1 Folder   2	Amherst, ca. 1919
Box   1 Folder   3	Antigo
Box   1 Folder   4	Amery, Apple River Milling Company, n.d.
Box   1 Folder   5	Ashland, 1908-1924
Box   1 Folder   6	Augusta, 1931
Box   1 Folder   7	Belleville, 1917
Box   1 Folder   8	Beloit
Box   1 Folder   9	Burlington, 1912
Box   1 Folder   10	Centralia, 1916
Box   1 Folder   11	Chippewa Falls, 1908
Box   1 Folder   12	Clinton, 1930
Box   1 Folder   13	Clintonville, 1930
Box   1 Folder   14	Cobb
Box   1 Folder   15	Coleman/Pound
Box   1 Folder   16	Coon Valley, 1924
Box   1 Folder   17	Dane, 1916
Box   1 Folder   18	Dodgeville, 1919
Box   1 Folder   19	Elkhorn, 1923
Box   1 Folder   20	Ellsworth, 1918
Box   1 Folder   21	Fennimore, 1919
Box   1 Folder   22	Fort Atkinson
Box   1 Folder   23	Green Bay
Box   1 Folder   24	Hayman Falls
Box   1 Folder   25	Hayward
Box   1 Folder   26	Horicon
Box   1 Folder   27	Janesville
Box   1 Folder   28	Kiel, 1920
Box   1 Folder   29	Kingston, 1916
Box   1 Folder   30	Lancaster
Box   1 Folder   31	Luxemburg
Box   1 Folder   32	Madison
Box   1 Folder   33	Manitowoc, 1902
Box   1 Folder   34	Marshfield, 1928
Box   1 Folder   35	Marinette
Box   1 Folder   36	Menominee Falls
Box   1 Folder   37	Merrill, 1931
Box   1 Folder   38	Milwaukee, 1911-1915
Box   1 Folder   39	Third Ward plant, 1933
Box   1 Folder   40	Minocqua
Box   1 Folder   42	Mount Horeb, 1919, 1935
Box   1 Folder   43	Neshkoro
Box   1 Folder   44	Oconomowoc, 1923
Box   1 Folder   45	Oconto
Box   1 Folder   46	Oneida
Box   1 Folder   47	Oshkosh
Box   1 Folder   48	Osseo, 1919
Box   1 Folder   49	Phillips, 1928
Box   1 Folder   50	Phlox
Box   1 Folder   51	Plainfield, 1917
Box   2 Folder   1	Port Washington
Box   2 Folder   2	Portage
Box   2 Folder   3	Poynette/DeForest
Box   2 Folder   5	Prairie du Chien
Box   2 Folder   6	Prairie du Sac dam, 1929
Box   2 Folder   7	Racine
Box   2 Folder   8	Random Lake
Box   2 Folder   9	Reedsburg, 1917
Box   2 Folder   10	Rhinelander
Box   2 Folder   11	Ripon, 1928
Box   2 Folder   12	River Falls, 1908
Box   2 Folder   13	St. Croix Falls
Box   2 Folder   14	Sheboygan, 1934
Box   2 Folder   15	Sparta, 1931
Box   2 Folder   16	Stevens Point, 1927
Box   2 Folder   17	Sun Prairie, 1925
Box   2 Folder   18	Superior, 1920, 1941-1942
Box   2 Folder   19	Tomahawk, 1920
Box   2 Folder   20	Washburn, 1909, 1911
Box   2 Folder   21	Waterloo
Box   2 Folder   22	Waupaca, 1935
Box   2 Folder   23	Waupun, 1935
Box   2 Folder   24	Waukesha, 1922
Box   2 Folder   25	Wausau
Box   2 Folder   26	Westby, 1922
Box   2 Folder   27	Wild Rose
Box   2 Folder   28	Wyocena, 1910
	Subseries: Companies	⇧
Box   2 Folder   29	Chippewa Valley Railroad, Light & Power, 1921-1928
Box   3 Folder   1	Commonwealth Telephone Co., 1927
Box   3 Folder   2	Glidden Telephone Co. (Fifield, Mellon), 1920
Box   3 Folder   3	Interstate Light and Power
Box   3 Folder   4	Middle Wisconsin Power Co.
Box   3 Folder   5	Mineral Point Public Service Co., 1915
Box   3 Folder   6	Nekoosa Edwards Light and Power, 1930
Box   3 Folder   7	The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, 1917
Box   3 Folder   8	Western Crawford County Telephone Co.
Box   3 Folder   9	Wisconsin Gas & Electric
Box   3 Folder   10	Wisconsin Minnesota Light and Power Co., 1924
Box   3 Folder   11	Wisconsin Power & Light
Box   3 Folder   12	Wisconsin Telephone Co. (Watertown, Stoughton, Madison), ca. 1909
Box   3 Folder   13	Wisconsin Valley Electric Co.
	Series: Negatives	⇧
	Subseries: Community Files
Box   4 Folder   1	Adams
Box   4 Folder   2	Amherst
Box   4 Folder   3	Angelo
Box   4 Folder   4	Antigo, 1932-1933
Box   4 Folder   5	Ashland, 1932-1933
Box   4 Folder   6	Appleton, 1932
Box   4 Folder   7	Augusta, 1931
Box   4 Folder   8	Baraboo, 1932
Box   4 Folder   9	Bark River
Box   4 Folder   10	Bayfield, 1925
Box   4 Folder   11	Beaver Dam, 1933
Box   4 Folder   12	Belleville
Box   4 Folder   13	Berlin, 1932
Box   4 Folder   14	Beloit, 1925, n.d.
Box   4 Folder   15	Black Earth
Box   4 Folder   16	Black River Falls, 1934
Box   4 Folder   17	Boscobel, 1931
Box   4 Folder   18	Burlington
Box   4 Folder   19	Cadott
Box   4 Folder   20	Calumet
Box   4 Folder   21	Chilton
Box   4 Folder   22	Chippewa Falls
Box   4 Folder   23	Clinton
Box   4 Folder   24	Clintonville, 1930
Box   4 Folder   25	Colby
Box   4 Folder   26	Coleman-Pound, 1938
Box   4 Folder   27	Coon Valley
Box   4 Folder   28	Dane
Box   4 Folder   29	Darlington
Box   4 Folder   30	DeKorra
Box   4 Folder   31	Eau Claire
Box   4 Folder   32	Elkhorn, 1935
Box   4 Folder   33	Fall River
Box   4 Folder   34	Fennimore
Box   4 Folder   35	Fond du Lac
Box   4 Folder   36	Fort Atkinson, 1932
Box   4 Folder   37	Friendship
Box   5 Folder   1	Green Bay
Box   5 Folder   2	Hayward
Box   5 Folder   3	Hillsboro, 1928
Box   5 Folder   4	Hortonville
Box   5 Folder   5	Hurley
Box   5 Folder   6	Janesville, 1911
Box   5 Folder   7	Kaukauna, 1926
Box   5 Folder   8	Kenosha, 1933
Box   5 Folder   9	Kingston
Box   5 Folder   10	La Crosse, 1932-1934
Box   5 Folder   11	Land o' Lakes, 1933
Box   5 Folder   12	Lancaster, 1925
Box   5 Folder   13	Madison, 1910, 1926
Box   5 Folder   14	Manitowoc, 1911, 1931
Box   5 Folder   15	Marinette, 1930
Box   5 Folder   16	Marion
Box   5 Folder   17	Markesan, 1932, 1935
Box   5 Folder   18	Marshfield, 1928-1933
Box   5 Folder   19	Mazomanie
Box   5 Folder   20	Medford
Box   5 Folder   21	Menominee Falls, 1939
Box   5 Folder   22	Merrill, 1931-1933
Box   5 Folder   23	Milwaukee
Box   5 Folder   24	Mineral Point
Box   5 Folder   25	Minocqua
Box   5 Folder   26	Monroe
Box   5 Folder   27	Mount Horeb, 1940
Box   6 Folder   1	Nasonville
Box   6 Folder   2	Neillsville, 1918
Box   6 Folder   3	Neshkoro
Box   6 Folder   4	New Holstein
Box   6 Folder   5	New Lisbon
Box   6 Folder   6	Norwalk
Box   6 Folder   7	Oconto, 1929
Box   6 Folder   8	Osseo
Box   6 Folder   9	Oconomowoc
Box   6 Folder   10	Oneida
Box   6 Folder   11	Oshkosh, 1932
Box   6 Folder   12	Pardeeville, 1933
Box   6 Folder   13	Plain, 1937
Box   6 Folder   14	Platteville, 1933
Box   6 Folder   15	Port Washington, 1935
Box   6 Folder   16	Portage, 1932
Box   6 Folder   17	Poynette, 1928
Box   6 Folder   18	Potosi, 1934
Box   6 Folder   19	Racine
Box   6 Folder   20	Random Lake
Box   6 Folder   21	Reedsburg
Box   6 Folder   22	Rhinelander
Box   6 Folder   23	Rice Lake, 1927
Box   6 Folder   24	Ripon, 1928
Box   6 Folder   25	River Falls
Box   6 Folder   26	St. Croix Falls
Box   6 Folder   27	Saxon Falls, 1912
Box   6 Folder   28	Seymour
Box   6 Folder   29	Sharon
Box   6 Folder   30	Sheboygan
Box   6 Folder   31	Shell Lake
Box   6 Folder   32	Somerset
Box   6 Folder   33	Sparta, 1931-1932
Box   6 Folder   34	Spring Valley, 1942
Box   6 Folder   35	Stevens Point, 1910, 1933
Box   6 Folder   36	Sun Prairie
Box   6 Folder   37	Superior
Box   7 Folder   1	Tomah
Box   7 Folder   2	Tomahawk
Box   7 Folder   3	Twin Bluffs
Box   7 Folder   4	Two Rivers, 1933
Box   7 Folder   5	Union Grove
Box   7 Folder   6	Walworth
Box   7 Folder   7	Washburn, 1929, 1937
Box   7 Folder   8	Waukesha
Box   7 Folder   9	Waupaca, 1932
Box   7 Folder   10	Waupun, 1926
Box   7 Folder   11	Wausau, 1930-1933
Box   7 Folder   12	West Salem
Box   7 Folder   13	Wild Rose
Box   7 Folder   14	Wisconsin Lakes
Box   7 Folder   15	Wonewoc
Box   7 Folder   16	Wittenberg, 1933
	Subseries: Companies	⇧
Box   7 Folder   17	Centralia Pulp and Water Power Co.
Box   7 Folder   18	Chippewa Valley Railway, Light & Power Co.
Box   7 Folder   19	East Valley Telephone Co.
Box   7 Folder   20	Eastern Wisconsin Electric Co.
Box   7 Folder   21	Glidden Telephone Co.
Box   7 Folder   23	Hudson Power Co., 1932
Box   7 Folder   24	Hurley & Ironwood Gas Co., 1932-1933
Box   7 Folder   25	Interstate Light and Power Co., 1921
Box   7 Folder   22	Interstate Power Co.
Box   7 Folder   26	Lake Superior District Power Co., 1937
Box   7 Folder   27	Middle Wisconsin Power Co.
Box   7 Folder   28	Midland Public Service Company
Box   7 Folder   29	Milwaukee Gas & Electric Co.
Box   8 Folder   2	Nekoosa Edwards Light & Power Co.
Box   8 Folder   1	New Union Telephone Co.
Box   8 Folder   3	Northern States Power Co, 1936
Box   8 Folder   4	Northwest Telephone Co., 1939
Box   8 Folder   5	Southern Wisconsin Power Co.
Box   8 Folder   6	The Milwaukee Electric, Railway & Light Co.
Box   8 Folder   7	Westby Water & Light
Box   8 Folder   8	Wisconsin Gas & Electric Co., 1934
Box   8 Folder   9	Wisconsin Hydro Electric Co.
Box   8 Folder   10	Wisconsin Minnesota Light & Power Co.
Box   8 Folder   11	Wisconsin Power & Light
Box   8 Folder   12	Wisconsin Southern Gas Co., 1933
Box   8 Folder   13	Wisconsin Telephone Co., 1935