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August Photo Caption Contest

By IU Indianapolis Today

August 04, 2025

Even in the height of summer, when few students are around, work continues on our campus. Much of that work is done by staff repairing or remodeling physical infrastructure.

This month’s caption contest photo from 1963 shows employees at work in the old power plant, the university’s independent power source just north of Riley Hospital.

Workers installing soft water in the campus Power Plant 1963

Caption the scene for a chance to win the first fabulous prize of the fall semester.

Congratulations to Andy Smith, who won the July contest with the caption: “While it would take several decades to catch on, Riley Boy Scouts are credited with the first viable design for the recumbent bike.” 

Riley Hospital for Children Boy Scout troop ca. 1930