Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Wells Street, Spanning South Branch Chicago River at North Wells, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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4 b&w photos
20 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Wells Street, Spanning South Branch Chicago River at North Wells, Chicago, Cook County, IL

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 135-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 4 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 19 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-52

Building/structure dates: 1922 initial construction

Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnoin 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 Wells Street Bridge is the longest of three double-deck, double-leaf, bascule bridges built over the Chicago River.

SUBJECTS:
ILLINOIS--Cook County--Chicago
bridge construction

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.il0617

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. INTERIOR OF BRIDGE TENDER'S HOUSE.
2. DETAIL OF TRUNNION GIRDER.
3. DETAIL OF MOTOR GEAR SET FOR LIFT SPAN.
4. DETAIL OF COUNTERWEIGHT.

CONTROL #:
IL0617

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