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The Pryor Avenue Iron Well, or Iron Well, is an early artesian water well located in the Bay View Historic District of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was built in 1882 and named for its high iron content. Originally water naturally flowed from the pressurized aquifer below. The original hand pump is now replaced with an electric pump.
The Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility is a wastewater treatment plant located on Jones Island along the Lake Michigan shore in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. [1] [2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1974.
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The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) is a regional government agency that provides water reclamation and flood management services for about 1.1 million people in 28 communities in the Greater Milwaukee Area. A recipient of the U.S. Water Prize [1] and many other awards, the District has a record of 98.4 percent, since 1994, for ...
Green infrastructure protects Lake Michigan and Milwaukee's three rivers. Here's how it works. ... water is a big part of life in Milwaukee. And keeping waterways clean and healthy means finding ...
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The City of Milwaukee was authorized by the Wisconsin Legislature to construct the water tower in 1871. [3] Designed by Charles A. Gombert, it was built out of limestone from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin to house the wrought iron standpipe. [4] The building cost more than $50,000 to complete, far exceeding the original $8,000 estimate.
They began to migrate northeast from the city's center in search of work at Milwaukee Worsted Mills — a yarn factory — or breweries' ice houses, the Neighborhoods In Milwaukee project found.