Nichols Station
Balch and Lippert, Architects
Nichols Station is significant for its role in the advancement of water works technology and the public works history of Madison. The design introduced a steam operated pumping system, a turning point in water works technology which replaced the artesian well system. The new station was equipped with two Allis-Chalmers steam-driven pumping units of eight-million gallons per day capacity each. One of these pumps remains in place. Elements of the Prairie style used on this building were adopted system-wide and appear on most of Madison's subsequent water works buildings.
Designated October 25, 1993
Marker is at the intersection of East Gorham Street and North Franklin Street, on the left when traveling west on East Gorham Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
