File:Water Tower, Building 49 (8709633665).jpg
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English: Water Tower, Building 49 in Fort Sheridan, IL (1890). It has been an important navigational structure since its construction. It was built with brick made from Lake Bluff clay. Allegedly inspiried by the St Mark's Campanile in Venice, the tower originally rose 228 feet, including a steeply-pitched pagoda on top. The roof was lowered in 1940, and the tower is now 167 feet high.
Fort Sheridan was founded in 1877 over concerns arising from the Haymarket Affair. The Commercial Club of Chicago donated 632 acres to the government to develop a military base to protect Chicago. The timing was fortuitous, as the troops were used only a few years later to quell the Pullman Strike. The base was one of the first commissions for Holabird & Roche, who designed the structures with Richardsonian Romanesque influence. Fort Sheridan became an important national training center starting with the Spanish-American War. It also trained troops for World War I, and was a processing center for tens of thousands of troops returning home. They provided returning troops with physical and occupational training so that they could re-enter the workforce. Over 500,000 men, including George Patton, were processed at Fort Sheridan for World War II. After the war, the base was used as a storage and supply facility for Project Nike. The base closed in 1993 following the findings of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The Army Reserve has maintained a small presence on the base since, but most of the area has been converted into a residential community, including housing for Naval Station Great Lakes. |
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Author | Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois |
Camera location | 42° 12′ 59.44″ N, 87° 48′ 43.15″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 42.216512; -87.811987 |
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Camera manufacturer | Canon |
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Camera model | Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS |
Exposure time | 1/160 sec (0.00625) |
F-number | f/10 |
ISO speed rating | 80 |
Date and time of data generation | 13:42, 26 April 2013 |
Lens focal length | 9.681 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 180 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 180 dpi |
File change date and time | 20:10, 26 April 2013 |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:42, 26 April 2013 |
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APEX aperture | 6.65625 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3.625 APEX (f/3.51) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
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Focal plane Y resolution | 15,116.022099448 |
Focal plane resolution unit | inches |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Manual white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Unique image ID | 2233BF6177EF4EBA8150C9B21E5C35D3 |
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