File:VIEW OF EAST SIDE OF BRIDGE LOOKING NORTHWEST - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Illinois and Michigan Canal Bridge, Spanning IandM Canal, west of Manville HAER ILL, 99-ROCK. V, 1-1.tif

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VIEW OF EAST SIDE OF BRIDGE LOOKING NORTHWEST - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Illinois and Michigan Canal Bridge, Spanning IandM Canal, west of Manville Corporation factory, Rockdale, Will County, IL
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VIEW OF EAST SIDE OF BRIDGE LOOKING NORTHWEST - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Illinois and Michigan Canal Bridge, Spanning IandM Canal, west of Manville Corporation factory, Rockdale, Will County, IL
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American Bridge Company
Depicted place Illinois; Will County; Rockdale
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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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, 99-ROCK. V, 1-1
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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: Of the two surviving plate-girder swing bridges built across the I and M Canal, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Canal Bridge is the only one which contains a center pivot pier. The others were built off-center to provide easy navigation for canal barges.
  • Survey number: HAER IL-103
  • Building/structure dates: 1911 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0669.photos.037288p
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