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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.
In July 1951, the area along Lake Michigan north of Cudahy and south of Milwaukee incorporated as the City of St. Francis in order to prevent annexation from Milwaukee and keep profits from the Lakeside Power Plant in the area. The City of Milwaukee annexed the remaining portion of the town on April 6, 1954, at which point the town ceased to exist.
First full-service, public hospital in Milwaukee that served all, regardless of ability to pay, and site of Dr. Edgar End's research into high-pressure oxygen therapies. 115: Milwaukee County Historical Center: Milwaukee County Historical Center: March 14, 1973 : 910 N. 3rd St.
Regular bread is made with commercial or baker's yeast (a species of fungi called Saccharomyces cerevisiae), which allows the bread to rise, Josephine Wee, Ph.D., an assistant professor of food ...
The Coast Guard decommissioned the lighthouse in 1994. In 2003 Milwaukee County leased the lighthouse and keepers quarters to the North Point Lighthouse Friends and they began restoration of the tower and keepers quarters. A $984,000 grant was used to restore the light station and it re-opened to the public as a maritime museum in 2007. [5]
Menomonee River. The Menomonee Valley or Menomonee River Valley is a U-shaped land formation along the southern bend of the Menomonee River in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Because of its easy access to Lake Michigan and other waterways, the neighborhood has historically been home to the city's stockyards, rendering plants, shipping, and other heavy industry.
Milwaukee Breakwater Light ; Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1926: Foundation: Concrete: Construction: 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.4 mm) steel plate, steel frame, cast iron lantern: Automated: 1966 [2]: Height: 53 feet (16 m) [3]: Shape: Square on square house, topped by round lantern: Markings: white with black lantern & parapet: Heritage: National Register of ...
A day after Indigenous Peoples' Day, the Milwaukee County Parks Department removed a plaque from a 2,000-year-old Indigenous burial mound located in Lake Park.. The department justified the ...