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TITLE:
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Columbus Avenue, Spanning Chicago River at Columbus Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 123-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 5 (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):
Fitzsimons, Gray, transmitter
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-136
Significance: Constructed in the early 1970s, the Columbus Avenue Bridge represents a continuation of the Chicago bascule bridge design, originally developed and refined in the early twentieth century by engineers employed by the city of Chicago.
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.il0758
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHEAST; THE BRIDGE IN THE DISTANCE IS THE OUTER ROAD BRIDGE
2. VIEW OF INTERIOR OF BRIDGETENDER'S HOUSE
3. VIEW OF ELECTRIC MOTOR AND GEARS FOR OPERATING LIFT SPAN
4. DETAIL OF TRUNION AND COUNTERWEIGHT
5. DETAIL OF COUNTERWEIGHT
CONTROL #:
IL0758
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