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Santa Fe Railroad, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal east of Harlem Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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Santa Fe Railroad, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal east of Harlem Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

description

Summary

Significance: This bridge is one of seven surviving swing bridges built in 1899 across the Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Survey number: HAER IL-39
Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction

date_range

Date

1969 - 1980

person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Keystone Bridge Company

Carnegie Steel Company

place

Location

chicago, 41.77702, -87.80081

Google Map of 41.77701649999999, -87.80080509999999

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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