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 4 b&w photos |  4 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Chicago River Bridge, West Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 161-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 4 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 3 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Fitzsimons & Connell
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-51
Building/structure dates: 1926 initial construction
Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnion bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement -- Joseph E. Strauss charged the City of Chicago engineers with infringing on his patented Strauss-Trunion bascule bridge -- the Chicago bascule received great acclaim within the civil engineering profession. The design of the Adams Street Bridge was specifically modified to accommodate the congestion of the area.
SUBJECTS:
ILLINOIS--Cook County--Chicago
OTHER TITLE:
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, West Adams Street Bridge
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.il0616
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE AND BRIDGE TENDERS' HOUSES FROM THE SOUTHEAST LOOKING NORTHWEST.
2. VIEW FROM JACKSON BOULEVARD, LOOKING NORTH.
3. VIEW OF BRIDGE AND BRIDGE TENDER'S HOUSE.
4. VIEW FROM RAILING LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS MONROE AVENUE
CONTROL #:
IL0616
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