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Northwestern Elevated Railroad, Interlocking Tower, Wilson Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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Northwestern Elevated Railroad, Interlocking Tower, Wilson Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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Summary

Significance: A surviving example of an elevated railroad interlocking tower which is similar in design to the original towers used around the Union Loop by the Union Elevated Railroad in downtown Chicago.
Survey number: HAER IL-2
Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction

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Date

1900

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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company

Chicago Transit Authority

place

Location

chicago, 41.96440, -87.74497

Google Map of 41.964399, -87.7449685

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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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