File:GENERAL VIEW OF LIFT BRIDGE FROM 18TH STREET BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST. - Pennsylvania Railroad, South Branch Chicago River Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 152-1.tif

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GENERAL VIEW OF LIFT BRIDGE FROM 18TH STREET BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST. - Pennsylvania Railroad, South Branch Chicago River Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River Bridge east of Canal Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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GENERAL VIEW OF LIFT BRIDGE FROM 18TH STREET BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST. - Pennsylvania Railroad, South Branch Chicago River Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River Bridge east of Canal Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Description
Waddell and Harrington; Pennsylvania Steel Company; Chicago Department of Transportation, sponsor; Daley, Richard M, sponsor; Walker, Thomas R, sponsor; Kaderbek, S L, sponsor; Lowe, Jet, photographer
Depicted place Illinois; Cook County; Chicago
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 152-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Originally built as part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system, this Waddell and Harrington vertical lift span is the only one of its kind across the Chicago River. Upon its completion in 1915, it had the heaviest (1,500 ton) main span of any vertical lift bridge in the United States.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N643
  • Survey number: HAER IL-112
  • Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0706.photos.037296p
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Object location41° 51′ 00″ N, 87° 39′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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