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File:Detail of the east end of the Swing Bridge showing commemorative plaque - Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Swing Bridge, Sixteenth Street, Lockport, HAER ILL,99-LOCK,3B-2.tif

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Detail of the east end of the Swing Bridge showing commemorative plaque - Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Swing Bridge, Sixteenth Street, Lockport, Will County, IL
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Randolph, Isham
Chicago Sanitary Commission
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
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Detail of the east end of the Swing Bridge showing commemorative plaque - Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Swing Bridge, Sixteenth Street, Lockport, Will County, IL
Depicted place Illinois; Will County; Lockport
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-LOCK,3B-2
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  • Significance: The Swing Bridge permits the flow of vehicular traffic along Division Street to cross the Chicago S&S; Canal. The bridge consists of twelve sections, with the pivoting mechanism located in the fifth section from the east bank. The bridge opens to permit Canal traffic to pass through. The bridge is of a Pratt truss type construction, with vertical compression members and diagonal tension members.
  • Survey number: HAER IL-16-D
  • Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0435.photos.064244p
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Object location41° 35′ 21.98″ N, 88° 03′ 28″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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