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DETAIL OF COUNTERWEIGHT ON THE EAST END. - Chicago River Bridge, Cermak Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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DETAIL OF COUNTERWEIGHT ON THE EAST END. - Chicago River Bridge, Cermak Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Description
Randolph, Isham; Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge; Sanitary District of Chicago
Depicted place Illinois; Cook County; Chicago
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 113-4
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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 all the highway bridges crossing the Chicago River and Sanitary and Ship Canal, the Cermak Road Bridge is one of the few surviving bridges designed and patented by William Scherzer.
  • Survey number: HAER IL-50
  • Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0615.photos.037048p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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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