Texas Avenue Pumping Station

Texas Avenue Pumping Station is a pumping station in Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin. Texas Avenue Pumping Station is situated near South Shore Park, as well as near the village St. Francis.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: South Shore Park and Saint Francis de Sales Seminary.

South Shore Park

Park

Photo: Akaila of the Willows, CC0.

Saint Francis de Sales Seminary

Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saint Francis de Sales Seminary is a seminary for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, located in the Milwaukee suburb of St. Francis, Wisconsin. Saint Francis de Sales Seminary is situated 3,600 feet southeast of Texas Avenue Pumping Station.

United States lightship LV-57

Disaster remains

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LV-57 was an American lightship that was built in 1891 and served on the Great Lakes, west of the Straits of Mackinac, from her construction to her retirement in 1924. United States lightship LV-57 is situated 1 mile northwest of Texas Avenue Pumping Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Francis and Bay View.

St. Francis

Village

Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Francis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,161 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.

Bay View

Suburb

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Bay View is a neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the shores of Lake Michigan, south of the downtown area and north of the City of St. Francis. Bay View existed as an independent village for eight years, from 1879 to 1887.

Jones Island

Quarter

Jones Island is an industrialized peninsula in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It began as a marsh island between the Milwaukee and Kinnickinnic rivers, and now forms the city's inner harbor design. Jones Island is situated 2 miles northwest of Texas Avenue Pumping Station.

Texas Avenue Pumping Station

Type: Pumping station
Category: industry
Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.9904° or 42° 59′ 25″ north

Longitude

-87.87532° or 87° 52′ 31″ west

Elevation

597 feet (182 metres)

Operator

Milwaukee Water Works

Open location code

86JJX4RF+5V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1137644122

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=pumping_station

GeoNames ID

5275557

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Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

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