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The Great Lakes Research Facility was purchased from the Allen-Bradley Company for $1.6 million in May 1973. It was built in 1966 for the manufacture of ceramic tile. It is the primary home of the UWM Center for Great Lakes Studies, and also houses a federally funded biomedical and environmental research laboratory and the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.
In 2003, the WATER Institute teamed up with the Milwaukee Metropolitan
Sewerage District (MMSD) to test a method of water pollution control
that also reduces the amount of pavement surrounding the facility.
A portion of the roof was converted to a green
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600 E. Greenfield Ave.
Built: 1966
Cost: $ 5,500,000
Architect: Fitzhugh Scott, Jr.
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