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Pennsylvania Railroad, "Eight-track" Bascule Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal, west of Western Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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Pennsylvania Railroad, "Eight-track" Bascule Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal, west of Western Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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Summary

Significance: The design and history of these four parallel, double-track, double-leaf bridges is the most unusual of the bridges built in the Heritage Corridor.
Survey number: HAER IL-99
Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work

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Date

1901

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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works

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Location

chicago, 41.69257, -87.68117

Google Map of 41.692574, -87.68116529999999

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Source

Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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