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 6 b&w photos |  4 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 126-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 6 (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):
Straus Bascule Bridge Company
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
Strobel Steel Construction
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-55
Building/structure dates: 1916 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 Jackson Boulevard Bridge was completed according to this design.
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.il0620
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF THE BRIDGE FROM ADAMS STREET BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH.
2. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTH.
3. VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTH.
4. VIEW FROM DECK OF BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST TOWARDS INTERSECTION OF WACKER STREET AND JACKSON BOULEVARD.
5. DETAIL OF BRIDGE TOWER.
6. DETAIL OF BRIDGE TOWER WITH NAMEPLATE SHOWING VARIOUS PATENTS.
CONTROL #:
IL0620
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