Friends of Historic Third Lake Ridge

Promoting an understanding and appreciation of the history and architecture of the Marquette Neighborhood.

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Historical Photos and Images
Modern Photographs and Images
1858 City Directory Entries
1890-1891 City Directory Entries
1939 City Directory Index
Articles and Biographies
Miscellaneous Items

Historical Photographs and Images


	William Hyland plumbing truck on looking down Railroad St from Blair St. On the right is the Chicago Northwestern freight building. On the left is the Wisconsin Foundry. In the backgorund is the Blount power station, pre-1923 rebuild. Date: 1920 c
	Sprecher building, 732 Williamson St, Built in 1898 by John Sprecher, a retired merchant, the building was probably a speculative investment property for rental. It served as an implement sales house for Keegan Farm Implements as late as 1955, the last implement business in the vicinity. The Blount Street power plant of Madison Gas & Electric is in the background. Courtesy of Gary Tipler
	View from Farwell Mansion. Looking northwest. Mansion Hill is in the upper left corner of the photo. Lake Mendota is in the upper right. In the middle of the photo is the Hyer-Jaquish Hotel, 854 Jenifer St. The Farwell Mansion was on the south side of Spaight between Paterson and Brearly. Courtesy of Gary Tipler Date: 1860s?

Modern Photographs and Images

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City of Madison Directory 1858

Note: No addresses are given in the directory, only street names. Blocks and addresses are unknown.
Spaight St. is listed as Farwell. Rutledge St. is listed as Promenade

Last Name/Business	First Name	Type	Listed As	Probable Address	Occupation	Employer/Place of Business
Gas Works	B. F. Hopkins lesse, Ed. Thompson supt.		cor Main and Blount

City of Madison Directory 1890-91

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City of Madison Directory Index - 1939

Last Name/Business	First Name	Description	Address	Owner (0)	Telephone (T)
Madison Gas & Electric Co. gas engine power station and turbine station			115 S Blount		T
Madison Gas & Electric Co gas works			713 E Main

Articles and Biographies

Capital Times -Apr 24, 1948
Power Plant Blast Here Paralyzes City Nearly 3 Hours; No One Is Hurt

Capital Times -Feb 21, 1961
First Attempt to Light City By Electricity in 1888 Was a Dud

Wisconsin State Journal -early 1900's
Madison Gas and Electric advertisement

Wisconsin State Journal -Jan 22, 1950
MGE's Rolling Equipment Comes a Long Way In Four Decades

Wisconsin State Journal -Jan 18, 1956
Madison Gas & Electric Shows Striking Gains

Wisconsin State Journal -Sep 2, 1970
MGE Plans to Quit Smoking

Wisconsin State Journal -Oct 2, 1970 & unknown1971
MG&E installs Electrostatic Precipitators on Blount Power Plant stacks

Wisconsin State Journal -May 27, 1973
MGE Smoke, Now You See It, Now You Don't

Miscellaneous

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