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TITLE:
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Outer Drive, Spanning Chicago River at Outer (Lakeshore) Drive, Chicago, Cook County, IL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 131-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 5 (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):
Young, Hugh E.
Strauss Engineering Company
American Bridge Company
Ketler & Elliot Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-54
Building/structure dates: 1929 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1937 subsequent work
Significance: At the time of its completion in 1937, the Outer Drive Bridge was the longest and widest bascule bridge in the world.
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.il0619
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST.
2. BRIDGE WITH DRAWSPAN IN RAISED POSITION.
3. VIEW WITH SHIP ENTERING LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH DRAWBRIDGE.
4. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST, BRIDGE CLOSED
5. BRIDGE RAISED, SHIP PASSING THROUGH
CONTROL #:
IL0619
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