Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal at Nerska Junction, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Summary
Significance: This bridge is one of the seven surviving 1899 wing bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Survey number: HAER IL-79
Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction
Tags
railroad bridges
chicago
western
indiana
railroad
bridge
western indiana railroad bridge
sanitary
ship
ship canal
nerska
junction
nerska junction
cook county
illinois
chicago and western indiana railroad
historic american engineering record
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
united states history
waterways
library of congress
Date
1900
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad
Location
chicago
,
41.87811, -87.62980
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html