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TITLE:
Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal, Chicago, Cook County, IL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 163-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 12 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
M.J. McDermott & Company
C.L. Strobel Construction Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-40
Building/structure dates: 1940 initial construction
Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of Chicago. This bridge replaced a center-pier swing bridge erected about 1900, and is one of only two vertical-lift highway bridges in the Heritage Corridor.
SUBJECTS:
ILLINOIS--Cook County--Chicago
OTHER TITLE:
Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corrid
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.il0605
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. LONG VIEW LOOKING EAST FROM SCISSORS BRIDGE
2. OBLIQUE VIEW, SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
3. CLOSER OBLIQUE VIEW, SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
4. WEST SIDE, SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
5. LONG VIEW, LOOKING NORTH
6. INSIDE SOUTH PORTAL, LOOKING EAST WITH CHICAGO SKYLINE TO RIGHT
7. LOOKING WEST THROUGH SOUTH PORTAL ACROSS FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC
8. OBLIQUE VIEW, NORTH PORTAL, LOOKING NORTHEAST
9. DETAIL, CONCRETE PIER, SOUTH END, WEST SIDE
10. DETAIL, SOUTH PORTAL, FROM SOUTHWEST PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
11. DETAIL OF RAILING, SOUTHWEST CORNER
12. DETAIL, BUILDER'S PLATE
CONTROL #:
IL0605
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