Schlitz Park in Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Schlitz Brewhouse B/Technical Building

1949

Photographed by Joel Seewald, August 5, 2021

1. Schlitz Brewhouse B/Technical Building Marker

Inscription.
• The third brew house to be built within the Schlitz brewing complex provided an additional four 550-barrel copper brew kettles
• Brewhouse B replaced an original coal-fired boiler power house plant (which boasted of the country's tallest smokestack at 225 feet high)
• A 190-foot secondary smoke stack (on Galena Street) was dismantled — with the lower section reconfigured into a staircase within Brewhouse B

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.

Location. 43° 3.068′ N, 87° 54.782′ W. Marker is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County. It is in Schlitz Park. It is at the intersection of West Galena Street and North 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on West Galena Street. Marker is in Schlitz Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 221 West Galena Street, Milwaukee WI 53212, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Wisconsin. It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

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the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Schlitz Brewhouse A (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Schlitz Brewhouse A (a few steps from this marker); Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company (within shouting distance of this marker); Brown Bottle Pub/Sternewirt Priveledge (within shouting distance of this marker); Prohibition Years (within shouting distance of this marker); Schlitz Bottling Works / Bottlehouse A (within shouting distance of this marker); General Office/Executive Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Golda Meir 1898 - 1978 (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milwaukee.

Schlitz Brewhouse B/Technical Building Marker — bottom image image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joel Seewald, August 5, 2021

2. Schlitz Brewhouse B/Technical Building Marker — bottom image

Brewhouse Floor Plans ca. 1950

Photographed by Joel Seewald, August 5, 2021

3. Schlitz Brewhouse B/Technical Building Marker

Marker as seen from North 2nd Street, looking through the gate to the northwest.

Schlitz Park mural image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joel Seewald, August 5, 2021

4. Schlitz Park mural

Mural on the side of the nearby former Schlitz Brewery Powerhouse.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2021, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. This page has been viewed 347 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 22, 2021, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.