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Photo, Print, Drawing Washburn-Crosby Milling Complex, West Engine House, 701-709 South First Street, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

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[ Photos from Survey HABS MN-69-C  ]

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[ Data Pages from Survey HABS MN-69-C  ]
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About this Item

Title

  • Washburn-Crosby Milling Complex, West Engine House, 701-709 South First Street, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Names

  • Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
  • Madrid, Christine, transmitter
  • Hauser, Alesha, transmitter
  • University of Minnesota, School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, photographer
  • Mathiason, Jerry, photographer
  • Bakken, Pamela J., historian
  • Dunwiddie, Foster W., faculty sponsor
  • Pfannenstiel, Tom, project manager
  • Berg, Erin Hanafin, historian
  • Roise, Charlene, editor
  • Hess, Roise and Company, contractor
  • Minnesota Historical Society, sponsor
  • University of Minnesota, School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, sponsor

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1933

Headings

  • -  engine houses
  • -  galleries & museums
  • -  Minnesota--Hennepin County--Minneapolis

Latitude / Longitude

  • 44.974531,-93.26679

Notes

  • -  Significance: The West Engine House, as part of the Washburn-Crosby Milling Complex, was an integral part of the milling process. The increased capacity of the "A" Mill, rebuilt in 1880, and the seasonal fluctuations in water power made it necessary to add an auxiliary power source. The engine house was designed to accommodate a 1000 hp steam engine for the west milling unit of the "A" Mill. Described as one of the finest steam plants in the United States, it became a model for the flour milling industry.
  • -  Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1700
  • -  Survey number: HABS MN-69-C
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1884 Initial Construction

Medium

  • Photo(s): 9
  • Data Page(s): 40
  • Photo Caption Page(s): 3

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HABS MINN,27-MINAP,27-C-

Source Collection

  • Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

Control Number

  • mn0366

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Chicago citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Pamela J Bakken, Foster W Dunwiddie, Tom Pfannenstiel, Erin Hanafin Berg, Roise And Company Hess, Sponsor Minnesota Historical Society, and School Of Architecture & Landscape Architecture University Of Minnesota, University Of Minnesota, School Of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, and Jerry Mathiason, photographer. Washburn-Crosby Milling Complex, West Engine House, 701-709 South First Street, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN. Hennepin County Minnesota Minneapolis, 1933. editeds by Roise, Charleneitor, translateds by Madrid, Christinemitter, and Hauser, Aleshamitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/mn0366/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, C., Bakken, P. J., Dunwiddie, F. W., Pfannenstiel, T., Berg, E. H., Hess, R. A. C. [...] University Of Minnesota, S. O. A. &. L. A., University Of Minnesota, S. O. A. &. L. A. & Mathiason, J., photographer, Roise, C., ed. (1933) Washburn-Crosby Milling Complex, West Engine House, 701-709 South First Street, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN. Hennepin County Minnesota Minneapolis, 1933. Madrid, C. & Hauser, A., transs Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mn0366/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, et al., photographers by University Of Minnesota, School Of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, and Jerry Mathiason. Washburn-Crosby Milling Complex, West Engine House, 701-709 South First Street, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN. ed by Roise, Charleneitor, trans by Madrid, Christinemitter, and Hauser, Aleshamitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mn0366/>.