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TITLE:
Chicago River Bridge, Cermak Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 113-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 15 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Randolph, Isham
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge
Sanitary District of Chicago
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-50
Building/structure dates: 1906 initial construction
Significance: Of all the highway bridges crossing the Chicago River and Sanitary and Ship Canal, the Cermak Road Bridge is one of the few surviving bridges designed and patented by William Scherzer.
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.il0615
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. NORTH SIDE OF BRIDGE VIEWED FROM WEST BANK OF CHICAGO RIVER.
2. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE.
3. EAST END, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BRIDGE.
4. DETAIL OF COUNTERWEIGHT ON THE EAST END.
5. WEST END LOOKING NORTHWEST THROUGH PORTAL.
6. VIEW OF WEST PORTAL.
7. DETAIL OF WEST PORTAL.
8. DETAIL OF CROSS PANEL, WEST PORTAL, VIEWED FROM PEDESTRIAN WALK.
9. DETAIL OF UPPER PLATFORM LOOKING EAST
10. DETAIL OF NORTHWEST CORNER OF BRIDGE, VIEWED FROM BELOW AND FROM THE WEST BANK OF THE CHICAGO RIVER.
11. DETAIL OF TRUSS BRACING, WEST END.
12. DETAIL OF TOP CHORD, LOOKING WEST.
13. DETAIL OF LIFTING MACHINERY.
14. DETAIL OF LIFTING MACHINERY.
15. INTERIOR OF BRIDGE TENDER'S HOUSE.
CONTROL #:
IL0615
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