Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Summary
Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pumping engine, all with a capacity of 25 million gallons per day.
Survey number: HAER IL-4
Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1979 Demolished
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Tags
waterworks
brick buildings
octagonal buildings
water supply
civil engineering
hydraulic engineering
public utilities
public works
municipal government
demolition process
people associated with manual labor
pumping stations
chicago
lakeview
clarendon
montrose
montrose avenues
cook county
illinois
historic american engineering record
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
biblical events
bethlehem
industrial history
construction sites
construction
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
chicago
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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