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Új vasúti híd építése a lerombolt mellett. Fortepan 73685

Linjen mellan Borås och Sjömarken.

Vernielingen: Rhenen - A black and white photo of a train bridge

Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O Canal South of U.S. 11, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Brobygget över Öreälven., Svenska Järnvägarna

Logging: Fluming - All States, National Forest Service photograph.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU6130

Bridge to Union Station

Trains on the Harbour Bridge, 1932 (8282708053)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

description

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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railroad bridges chicago railroad pennsylvania railroad eight track bascule bridge bascule bridge sanitary ship ship canal western western avenue cook county illinois chicago bridge and iron works historic american engineering record scherzer rolling lift bridge company photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history shipyard library of congress
date_range

Date

1901
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company
Chicago Bridge & Iron Works
place

Location

create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

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

label_outline Explore Eight Track, Bascule Bridge, Chicago Bridge And Iron Works

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Pennsylvania Railroad, 52nd Street Bridge, North Fifty-second Street at Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Chicago's New Outer Drive Bridge on Lake Michigan

Seddon Island Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Garrison Channel from Tampa to Sedden Island, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, Calumet River Bridge, Spanning Calumet River, east of Chicago Skyway (I-90), Chicago, Cook County, IL

A couple of kids standing next to a tree, Washington DC. Farm Security Administration photograph

New York, New York. Stairway from concourse to trains at the Pennsylvania railroad station

Pennsylvania Railroad, Selinsgrove Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, south of Cherry Island, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, PA

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Swing Bridge, Sixteenth Street, Lockport, Will County, IL

Coatesville Bridge near Phila.[sic - actually the Rockville or Susquehanna Bridge].

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Home on Western Avenue. Lynn MA. 19th century sterescope card.

Topics

railroad bridges chicago railroad pennsylvania railroad eight track bascule bridge bascule bridge sanitary ship ship canal western western avenue cook county illinois chicago bridge and iron works historic american engineering record scherzer rolling lift bridge company photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history shipyard library of congress