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TITLE:
Santa Fe Railroad, llinois & Michigan Canal Bridge, Crossing I&M Canal at Des Plaines River, Joliet, Will County, IL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 99-JOL, 8-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 5 (4 x 5 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):
American Bridge Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-59
Building/structure dates: 1935
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000332
Significance: Built in 1935, this railroad bridge is the only subdivided, double-intersection Warren through Truss bridge built in the Upper Illinois Valley.
SUBJECTS:
ILLINOIS--Will County--Joliet
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.il0624
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM WEST SIDE OF DESPLAINES RIVER, LOOKING EAST.
2. SOUTH PORTAL, LOOKING NORTH.
3. NORTH PORTAL, LOOKING WEST.
4. DETAIL OF BUILDER'S PLATE ON SOUTH PORTAL (PLATE READS 'AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY, U.S.A., 1935').
5. DETAIL OF TRUSS PANELS AND OVERHEAD SWAY BRACING FROM DECK, LOOKING NORTH.
CONTROL #:
IL0624
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