Milwaukee River Flushing Pump

Historical marker location:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of North Lincoln Memorial Drive and East Lafayette Hill Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1992

1888. National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark.

Wisconsin is known as the "Badger State" because of the lead miners who first settled there in the 1820s and 1830s. These miners often lived in tunnels burrowed into hillsides, much like badgers.