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Industrial district, Huron and Franklin Streets
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View looking northwest from under the elevated train tracks at the intersection of West Huron and North Franklin Streets. West Huron Street runs along the left of the image. At the extreme right, a lower corner of 712-720 North Franklin Street/301 West Superior Street) is visible. Next to that is the rear of 311-313 West Superior Street. The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building (now demolished) is the large industrial building at the left running along North Orleans Street.
Date:
1985; 1908 (North Branch II, 311 West Superior Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Elevated train tracks, North Franklin Street
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View looking south along North Franklin Street towards the intersection with West Kinzie Street and the Merchandise Mart. The CTA Brown Line elevated tracks run above the street. 300 West Hubbard is partially visible on the far right side of the image; the intersection with West Hubbard Street is in the middle ground.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 119)
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Bridges and viaducts: North Ave. at Lake Shore Drive; Pulaski Rd. Viaduct; Randolph St. Bridge; Roosevelt Rd. Bridge; Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct; Rush St. Bridge; Torrance Ave. Bridge; Van Buren St. Bridge. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 120)
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Bridges and viaducts: S. Wacker Dr. Viaduct; Washington St. Bridge; N. Western Ave. Bridge; 40th St. Viaduct; 71st St. Viaduct over Dan Ryan Expressway; 76th St. Viaduct over Dan Ryan Expressway; 79th St.; 92nd St. Bridge; 130th St. Bridge. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA tracks, Evanston
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View along the at-grade CTA tracks (now Purple Line) north of the Central CTA station in Evanston. The trestle bridge over the North Shore Channel is in the distance.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Roselle railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View west across the tracks of the Roselle station on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) Line.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Railroad tracks and industrial buildings, Wheaton
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View looking northwest across the railroad tracks towards industrial buildings in downtown Wheaton.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Grayland railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View looking north along the tracks at the Grayland station on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad line. The station was located near the intersection of North Milwaukee Avenue and North Kilbourn Avenue.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Grayland railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View looking north along the tracks at the Grayland station on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad line. The station was located near the intersection of North Milwaukee Avenue and North Kilbourn Avenue.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial buildings, Dickey Road, East Chicago
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View of industrial buildings near Dickey Road. Railway lines visible in the foreground run adjacent to the factory.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Refinery, East Chicago, Indiana
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View of a refinery in East Chicago, Indiana. Multiple railway tracks are visible in the foreground. An engine of the EJ&E (Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway) line stands on the track at the far left in front of the refinery. The top of a gas flare stack is visible on the upper right.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago and North Western Railway tracks
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View of the Chicago and North Western Railway tracks, looking toward the Loop.
Date:
circa 1980s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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36 Cities and towns 10 Railroad stations 9 Architecture 8 Bridges--Foundations and piers 8 Local transit 8 Streets 7 Movable bridges 6 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 6 Construction workers 6 Forests and forestry 6 Industrial districts 6 Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion 6 Railroads, Elevated 6 Roads 5 Bridges--Abutments 5 Bridges--Design and construction 5 Industrial buildings 5 Rivers 5 Warehouses 4 Automobiles 4 Commercial art 4 Railroad cars 4 Signs and signboards 4 Street-railroads 4 Viaducts 3 Concrete masonry 3 Construction and demolition debris 3 Cranes, derricks, etc. 3 Garages 3 Meadows 3 Passenger trains 3 Public shelters 3 Railroad yards 3 Reinforcing bars 3 Tall buildings 3 Underpasses 3 Watchtowers 3 Wood poles 2 Aerial photographs 2 Athletic fields 2 Billboards 2 Boats and boating 2 Bridge railings 2 Bridges--Deterioration 2 Building, Brick 2 Columns, Concrete 2 Concrete--Corrosion 2 Dedication services 2 Embankments 2 Expansion joints 2 Factories 2 Golf 2 Horsemanship 2 Ladders 2 Lakes 2 Office buildings 2 Pavements, Brick 2 Picnic grounds 2 Plank roads 2 Ponds 2 Railroads--Freight 2 Refuse and refuse disposal 2 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 2 Roads--Maintenance and repair 2 Sidewalks 2 Staircases 2 Steel I-beams 2 Steel industry and trade 2 Storage facilities 2 Truss bridges 2 Urban transportation 2 Waterfronts 2 Winter sports 2 Wooden fences 1 Abutments, Bridge 1 Advertising 1 Aerial views 1 Alleys 1 Apartment houses 1 Barges 1 Bartenders 1 Basements 1 Brick walls 1 Bricks 1 Bridges--Floors 1 Bridges--Floors--Maintenance and repair 1 Building, Wooden 1 Canals 1 Cantilever bridges 1 Ceilings 1 Cemeteries 1 City traffic 1 Cobblestone roads 1 Cofferdams 1 Cold storage 1 Cold-storage lockers 1 Commercial buildings 1 Concrete bridges--Corrosion 1 Concrete walls 1 Concrete--Maintenance and repair 1 Control boards (Electrical engineering) 1 Control rooms 1 Dampness in buildings 1 Docks 1 Docks, Loading and unloading, Garages 1 Drainage pipes 1 Drawing 1 Driveways 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Dump trucks 1 Electric cables 1 Electric circuit-breakers 1 Electric conductors 1 Electric light fixtures 1 Electric lighting 1 Electric meters 1 Elevated highways--Design and construction 1 Express Roads 1 Fire hose 1 Flags 1 Floors, Concrete 1 Food--Storage 1 Footbridges 1 Foundations 1 Garage doors 1 Gearing 1 Grandstands 1 Heating-pipes 1 Hoisting machinery 1 Iron and steel bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Lighting 1 Litter (Trash)--Environmental aspects 1 Loading and unloading 1 Local transit--Ridership 1 Lockers 1 Metal castings--Welding 1 Metal containers 1 Metal doors 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Municipal officials and employees 1 Parking lots 1 Pavements 1 Pedestrian areas 1 Pedestrians 1 Petroleum refineries 1 Photographs 1 Photography of sailing ships 1 Playgrounds 1 Polictical advertising 1 Politicians 1 Radiators 1 Railroad trains 1 Railroads 1 Road construction workers 1 Roof drainage 1 Roof gutters 1 Sailing ships 1 Salt boxes 1 Scaffolding 1 Seepage 1 Shrubs 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Skating rinks 1 Skyscrapers 1 Soil stabilization 1 Spectators 1 Steam-heating 1 Steel forgings 1 Steel, Structural 1 Street lighting 1 Surveyors 1 Swimming 1 Tanks 1 Tires 1 Traffic accidents 1 Traffic regualtions 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic safety warnings 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Trails 1 Trenches 1 Trucks 1 Tubes 1 Tunnels 1 Tunnels--Design and construction 1 Underpasses--Design and construction 1 Unincorporated areas 1 Utility meters 1 Vacant lands 1 Viaducts--Maintenance and repair 1 Warnings 1 Welders (Persons) 1 Welding 1 Wetlands 1 Wheelbarrows 1 Windows 1 Wooden beams 1 Wooden doors 1 Wooden stairs 1 Work environment 1 Worksite environment