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SPIRAL STAIRWAY TO SECOND FLOOR. FIRST FLOOR - SUBSTATION. VIEW TO NORTHEAST. - Milwaukee Light, Heat and Traction Company, 8336 West Lapham Street, West Allis, Milwaukee County, WI
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SPIRAL STAIRWAY TO SECOND FLOOR. FIRST FLOOR - SUBSTATION. VIEW TO NORTHEAST. - Milwaukee Light, Heat and Traction Company, 8336 West Lapham Street, West Allis, Milwaukee County, WI
Description
Villard, Henry
Depicted place Wisconsin; Milwaukee County; West Allis
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER WIS,40-WESAL,1-19
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: A turn of the century objective of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, through its subsidiary The Milwaukee Light Heat and Traction Company, was to establish an interurban rail system that encompassed all of southeastern Wisconsin. The first step of this plan was completed in 1898 when a Milwaukee to Waukesha line was built. The West Allis station was built along this line five years later and was important to the line's 1907 extension to Oconomowoc and 1908 extension to Watertown, since it provided much of the power needed to run the lines. The station's importance was further enhanced by its utility as a car barn and light repair facility. It remains today, an artifact from the early days of mass transit in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin.
  • Survey number: HAER WI-9
  • Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1909 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1914 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wi0161.photos.170875p
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