Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Clarke Street, Spanning Chicago River at Clarke Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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5 b&w photos
3 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Clarke Street, Spanning Chicago River at Clarke Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 16-CHIG. 122-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 5 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-64

Building/structure dates: 1929 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.

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.il0629

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. DISTANT VIEW OF BRIDGE LOOKING NORTHEAST
2. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST
3. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTHWEST; CITY OF CHICAGO CENTRAL OFFICE BUILDING (1913) TO THE RIGHT
4. SOUTH END OF BRIDGE WITH BRIDGE TOWER AND PEDESTRIAN PATH, LOOKING NORTH
5. DETAIL OF BRIDGE TOWER SEEN THROUGH TRUSS

CONTROL #:
IL0629

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