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Commonwealth Edison Company, Crawford Electrical Generating Station, 3501 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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Significance: The buildings of the Crawford Electric Generating Station were designed by the renowned architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White; the Crawford Station also reflects the rapid expansion in the 1920s of Chicago's largest electric utility, the Commonwealth Edison Company.

Survey number: HAER IL-114

Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980
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chicago
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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

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