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TITLE:
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Kinzie Street, Spanning North Branch Chicago River at Kinzie Stre, Chicago, Cook County, IL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 127-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 4 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Fitzsimon, Gray, transmitter
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-134
Significance: This single-leaf bascule bridge represents the transition between the early Chicago-type bascule bridge, first employed in the West Cortland Street Bridge (see HAER No. IL-138), and subsequent improvements in the original design executed by city engineers. (See Donald N. Becker, "Development of the Chicago Type Bascule Bridge," Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, v. 109 [1944], 1009-10.)
SUBJECTS:
ILLINOIS--Cook County--Chicago
bascule bridges
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.il0756
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH
2. VIEW OF APPROACH TO BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST
3. VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
4. VIEW OF BRIDGE IN ITS FULLY ELEVATED POSITION, LOOKING EAST
CONTROL #:
IL0756
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