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VIEW OF SWING BRIDGE FROM KEDZIE AVENUE BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST. - Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad, Sanitary and Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary and Ship Canal, east of Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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VIEW OF SWING BRIDGE FROM KEDZIE AVENUE BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST. - Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad, Sanitary and Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary and Ship Canal, east of Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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Toledo Bridge Company
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, 118-1
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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: This bridge crossing the Sanitary and Ship Canal was originally built for the Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad Bridge. When it was completed in 1900 it contained the longest swing span of the several swing bridges erected across the canal.
  • Survey number: HAER IL-113
  • Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0707.photos.037301p
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