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Blue Island Avenue: Produce Terminal Cold Storage Company Building (Folder 12)
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Produce Terminal Cold Storage Company Building, 1550 Blue Island Avenue (now multi-unit Condominium building)
Date:
1959-08-26
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Aerial views of Chicago River and bridges: Chicago River jackknife bridges (Folder 1)
9 Images
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses
Date:
1952-1957
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 5 (Folder 53)
31 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 5 (1966)
Date:
1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Warehouses, loading docks, and storage (Folder 78)
229 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Franklin-Orleans; N. Halsted St. Viaduct; Halsted-Kinzie Viaduct. 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:
1969?
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA tracks, Evanston
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View of a train approaching along the at-grade tracks (now Purple Line), just 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
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
Indian Hill train station, Winnetka
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View looking northeast across the tracks at a Chicago and North Western train at Indian Hill Station. The station (now a Metra station) is located off Green Bay Road, just north of Winnetka Avenue.
Date:
1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago and North Western Railroad tracks, Evanston
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View along the Chicago and North Western Railroad tracks, from south of Church Street.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Inland Steel, Indiana Harbor plant
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View in winter looking along railway tracks toward the Inland Steel plant. The Inland Steel office building is on the horizon at the far right.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Elevated train track at Jackson Boulevard and Wells Street
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View looking east along the north side of West Jackson Boulevard, showing the CTA elevated train tracks at the intersection with South Wells Street.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyline from Grant Park railroad yards
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View toward North Michigan Avenue and Loop skyscrapers from the Grant Park railroad yards (where Millennium Park is now located). 35 East Wacker Drive (originally Jewelers Building) is at the upper left.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Master Plan Dan Ryan Woods Scale 1 in. = 200 ft
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Dan Ryan Woods; Plan Number FPD-5, 9100-42
Date:
July 10, 1937
Collection:
Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: N. Damen Ave.; S, Damen Ave. Viaduct; Des Plaines/Milwaukee Viaduct; W. Diversey ; W. Division (canal) (Folder 87)
154 Images
Bridges and viaducts: N. Damen Ave.; S, Damen Ave. Viaduct; Des Plaines/Milwaukee Viaduct; W. Diversey ; W. Division (canal). 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:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: W. Erie; Foster Underpass; Franklin-Orleans Bridge; W. Grand; N. Halsted St. Bridge (Canal); Halsted St. Viaduct (Folder 88)
124 Images
Bridges and viaducts: W. Erie; Foster Underpass; Franklin-Orleans Bridge; W. Grand; N. Halsted St. Bridge (Canal); Halsted St. Viaduct; 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:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 106)
118 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Franklin-Orleans Bridge; Gladstone Park Viaduct over Kennedy Expressway; Grand Ave. Bridge; Halsted St. Viaduct; N. Halsted St. Bridge (over River); S. Halsted St. Bridge (over Canal). 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:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA tracks with billboard, Ashland and Roscoe
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View north along North Ashland Avenue from the intersection with West Roscoe Street. The CTA elevated train overpass (now part of the Brown Line), with a large billboard advertising cigarettes, crosses Ashland Avenue.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Itasca railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View west along the tracks towards the Itasca Station (now demolished) on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) Line. West Irving Park Road is on the left.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Elevated train tracks, North Franklin Street
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View looking north along North Franklin Street from just south of the intersection with West Grand Avenue. The CTA Brown Line elevated tracks run above the street. On the right of the photograph, 213 West Grand is visible. 300 West Grand is on the left.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Master Plan, scale 1 in. = 400 ft
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Thorn Creek Area; Plan Number FPD-6 9100-48; sheet 49
Date:
November 25, 1941
Collection:
Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
Access:
Public access
Master Plan, scale 1 in. = 400 ft
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Beaubien, Burnham Woods, and Calumet City Areas; Plan Number FPD-5-A & 6 9100-47; sheet 47
Date:
November 25, 1941
Collection:
Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
Access:
Public access
Master Plan, scale 1 in. = 400 ft
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Beaubien, Burnham Woods, and Calumet City Areas; Plan Number FPD-5-A &6 9100-47; sheet 49
Date:
November 25, 1941
Collection:
Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
Access:
Public access
Master Plan, scale 1 in. = 400 ft
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Calumet Grove and Kickapoo Grove; Plan Number FPD-5-A & 6 9100-45; sheet 45
Date:
December 30, 1938
Collection:
Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
Access:
Public access
Itasca railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View looking west along the tracks at the Itasca Station (now demolished) on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) Line. West Irving Park Road is visible at the far left of the image.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Waiting for trains, Oak Park Metra stop
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View looking east along the elevated tracks from the Oak Park Metra stop. The CTA Green Line tracks run adjacent to the Metra tracks.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hooker Street, Goose Island
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View looking along North Hooker Street north of North Evergreen Avenue. The old tracks of the Milwaukee Road line which formerly serviced this area are embedded in the pavement. In the center distance is the Procter & Gamble plant (demolished) with its white smokestack.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA tracks and viaduct, Evanston
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View northwest across the intersection of Greenwood Street and Sherman Avenue towards the CTA tracks (now Purple Line) running along a raised berm. Greenwood Street runs under the viaduct.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA tracks, Ashland at Roscoe
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View north along the west side of North Ashland Avenue from the intersection with West Roscoe Street. The CTA elevated train track overpass (now part of the Brown Line), with a large billboard advertising cigarettes, crosses above Ashland Avenue.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Western Avenue railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View along the tracks of the Western Avenue station on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) Line. A train is traveling past the station. The front entrance of a Georgian Revival office building at 2450 West Hubbard Street is visible at the far right.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Railroad tracks near Hubbard Woods Station, Winnetka
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View looking south from the Scott Avenue overpass along the Chicago and North Western (now Metra) railroad tracks in Winnetka. The passenger platforms for the Hubbard Woods station are visible in the distance.
Date:
1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lakefront land with railroad tracks
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View of an open area of disused land adjacent to Lake Michigan on Chicago's southeast side, located east of South Ewing Avenue and north of Calumet Park. Abandoned train tracks are visible in the foreground, and in the distance on the right are two railroad car transport cars, one with a load of automobiles on it.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lissner Corporation warehouse, Goose Island
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View looking north at the Lissner Corporation warehouse (later Pickens-Kane warehouse), located on the west side of North Branch Street between West Bliss Street and West Haines Streets. The railroad tracks of the Milwaukee Road line which formerly serviced this area are embedded in the street.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 1 (AKA Grove St.) (Folder 48)
31 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 1 (AKA Grove St.) (undated 4 x 5 negatives, 1935, 1966, 1967)
Date:
1935-1967
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 122)
222 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Argyle Ave. Bridge; Cermak Rd. Bridge; Cermak Rd. Bridge, Tug; Clark St. Bridge; Coast Guard Drive; Columbus Dr. Bridge; Congress St. Bridge; Damen Ave. Bridge; S. Damen Ave.Viaduct at 37th St.; Dearborn St. Bridge; Des Plaines St. Viaduct. 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:
1974
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA elevated tracks, Evanston
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View looking along the tracks (now Purple Line) near the Davis CTA station in Evanston. Part of the top of the Evanston Marshall Fields store is visible at the far right.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA train yard, Wilmette terminal
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View looking northwest along the CTA tracks (now Purple Line) towards the Linden station in Wilmette. Buildings along Linden Avenue can be glimpsed in the distance to the right of the tower.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Railroad tracks and commercial buildings, Wheaton
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View west along the railroad tracks in downtown Wheaton. A former railroad station is at the far left, and various downtown commercial buildings are in the distance.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Eisenhower Expressway and CTA Congress Line train
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View looking west along the Eisenhower Expressway (Interstate 290) from Independence Boulevard. A pedestrian overpass is visible in the distance. A CTA Congress Line (later CTA Blue Line) train runs in the median of the expressway.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (Folder 47A)
22 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (1939, 1940, 1947, 1953)
Date:
1939-1953
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: E. Randolph St. Viaduct; Roosevelt Road Viaduct; N. Sangamon St.; N. State St. Bridge (Folder 82)
101 Images
Bridges and viaducts: E. Randolph St. Viaduct; Roosevelt Road Viaduct; N. Sangamon St.; N. State 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:
1969?
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: S. Throop St.; Torrence; W. Webster; N. Wells St.; N. Western Ave. (Folder 83)
93 Images
Bridges and viaducts: S. Throop St.; Torrence; W. Webster; N. Wells St.; N. Western Ave. 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:
1969
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: S. Harlem Ave.; W. Indiana Bridge; Kedzie St. Bridge (Folder 89)
118 Images
Bridges and viaducts: S. Harlem Ave.; W. Indiana Bridge; Kedzie 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:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Master Plan, scale 1 in. = 400
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Oak Forest Area; Plan Number FPD-5, 9100-41; sheet 42
Date:
November 25, 1941
Collection:
Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
Access:
Public access
Master Plan, scale 1 in. = 400 ft
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Palos Hills Area; Plan Number FPD-5, 9100-27; sheet not noted
Date:
November 25, 1941
Collection:
Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
Access:
Public access
Western Avenue railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View of the south end of the Western Avenue station on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) Line. A train is leaving the station. Parking for passengers and a Georgian Revival office building (2450 West Hubbard Street) are at the far right.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Ridgeland Ave. Overpass over Rt. 57 and Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (Folder 46)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Ridgeland Ave. Overpass over Rt. 57(1965); Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (1935)
Date:
1935 and 1965
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Rush St. Bridge through Wells St. Bridge (Folder 47B)
36 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Rush St. Bridge (undated drawings); N. State St. Bridge (1939, 1940); Throop St. Bridge (1964); Washington St. Tunnel, (1954); Washington St. Bridge (1966); Wells St. Bridge (undated , 1935 accident photos)
Date:
1935-1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Master Plan, scale 1 in. = 400
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Oak Forest Area; Plan Number FPD-5, 9100-40; sheet 41
Date:
November 25, 1941
Collection:
Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Division St. Bridge through Grand Ave. Bridge (Folder 7)
8 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Damen Ave. Bridge (1930, 1931, 1973); N. Damen Ave. Bridge (1953); Dearborn St. Bridge (undated, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963-64, 1964, 1972, 1973); Diversey Blvd. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1954, 1960, 1968)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Wheaton railroad tracks and Wheaton Center apartments
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View west along the railroad tracks in downtown Wheaton towards the Wheaton Center apartment complex.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Inland Steel complex and railway tracks
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View in winter near the Lake Michigan lakefront, with railway tracks and cars in the foreground next to a roadway. In the distance, the Inland Steel complex (now ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor) is visible.
Date:
1972
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