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Title	Reliance Works
Alternate Title/Photographer's Note	Reliance Works
Date of Photograph	[ca 1885]
Description	The Reliance Works, a company owned by Edward P. Allis, who purchased it in 1861. The company moved to Walker's Point in 1867, where it Built steam engines, flour-milling equipment, heating plants, and also the pumps and pipes for the Milwaukee Water Works.
Date of Construction	1867
Neighborhood	Near South Side--Milwaukee Walker's Point--Milwaukee
Address	S.E. corner of Florida and Clinton (pre-1930); S 1st ST and Florida AV
Subject	Industrial facilities--Wisconsin--Milwaukee Factories--Wisconsin--Milwaukee Foundries--Wisconsin--Milwaukee Workshops--Wisconsin--Milwaukee Machine shops--Wisconsin--Milwaukee Allis, Edward P.
Alternate Terms	Businesses--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Business/Place	Edward P. Allis and Co. Reliance Works--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Type	Image
Collection	Milwaukee. Book, 100 leaves.
Original Item Medium	Photographic prints
Original Item Size	11 x 13 in.
Original Item ID	p. 40
Repository	Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital ID	mi000040
Date. Digitized	2003/05/21
Digital Collection	Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885 - 1992