Skip to main content

Beloit Economy: Industry histories and research sources

Alliant Energy / Powerhouse / Blackhawk Generating Station

Second Act - Powerhouse article by Susan Kasten from Beloit Magazine Spring 2014

New Blackhawk Generating Station Part 1
Beloit Daily News Supplement, October 1950
New Blackhawk Generating Station Part 2
Beloit Daily News Supplement October 1950
Alliant 2015
From Stateline Area Community Yearbook 2015. Expansion of the Riverside Energy Center.

Beloit Corporation / Iron Works

Beloit Corporation: A Brief History (1998)
Beloit Corporation History (1983)
Beloit Daily News March 1983, 125th Anniversary
Beloit Corporation article from Book of Beloit II, 1986
Beloit Foundries article from Book of Beloit II, 1986
Beloit Iron Works article from Book of Beloit 1936
Cutbacks At Corp.
Beloit Daily News Sept. 1999
Beloit Corp news 2000
Beloit Daily News articles from 2000
Beloit Corp - Valmet - Metso 2001
News articles from 2001
Corp's History Being Turned into Art
Beloit Daily News, June 8, 2002. Creating art and furniture from discarded casting patterns.
Metso 2013
From Stateline Area Community Yearbook 2013
Beloit Iron Works Plant 1952
Diagram of the Beloit Iron Works complex in 1952

Beloit Corporation
International Directory of Company Histories. Vol. 14. St. James Press, 1996. p. 55-57.
Narrative of Experiences in the Life of Sereno Taylor Merrill
Memoir of Sereno Taylor Merrill (1816-1905), an early Beloit businessman and stockholder in the Rock River Paper Company, Merrill & Houston Iron Works, Citizen's National Bank, and Eclipse Wind-Mill Company.

Fairbanks Morse

Fairbanks Morse 2018
From Stateline Area Community Yearbook 2018
Fairbanks Morse 2011
From Stateline Area Community Yearbook 2012
Fairbanks Morse article in Book of Beloit II, 1986
Fairbanks Morse article in Book of Beloit 1936
Beloit Foundries article from Book of Beloit II, 1986

Of hill folks and engine builders : the story of Fairbanks Morse in Beloit, Wisconsin by George Ferriter
Call Number: 621 F41o
Pioneers in industry : the story of Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 1830-1945.
Call Number: 621 F15p

Rubie Bond Interview- The African-American Experience in Beloit, Wisconsin
In 1917, when she was ten years old, Rubie White moved to Beloit with her parents from Pontotoc, Mississippi. Her father had been recruited to work at Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Beloit, Wisconsin and the Great Migration: the Role of Industry, Individuals, and Family in the Founding of Beloit's Black Community 1914 - 1955.
UW- Eau Claire BA Thesis by Lucas Knowles

Irontek

Ironworks Complex 2015
From Stateline Area Community Yearbook 2015
Ironworks Complex 2016
From Stateline Area Community Yearbook 2016
Irontek 2016
From Stateline Area Community Yearbook 2016
Ironworks Complex 2017
From Stateline Area Community Yearbook 2017
Ironworks Complex 2018
From Stateline Area Community Yearbook 2018
Career Tek 2017
Career center in the Ironworks complex, Irontek.

Databases

Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe)
Covers news (international, national, and U.S. regional), government, law, business and medicine. Articles are full text.
New York Times - Historical
Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue (1851) of the New York Times.
Newspaper Source Plus
Includes hundreds of full text national and international newspapers. Also includes radio and television news transcripts. Provided by BadgerLink.

Beloit Daily News online

Student Success and Engagement Librarian