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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
Boats at Calumet Marina, Calumet River
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View looking northwest from Calumet Marina, located along the east bank of the Calumet River at East 136th Street and South Torrence Avenue. Boats are pulled up along the bank of the river for winter storage. The side of a flat-bottomed riverboat is painted with the words "Boat Rides 13400 Torrence Avenue". Grain storage elevators are visible on the horizon at the left.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial area along Chicago River at North Halsted Street
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View of an industrial area along the North Branch of the Chicago River, looking west from the North Halsted Street bridge at the southern end of Goose Island. Part of the facilities of the Material Service Corporation (later Prairie Material, Ready Mix Yard No. 32), located on the west bank of the river (835 North Peoria Street) are visible in the foreground and on the left. The North Branch of the Chicago River, which flows along the west side of Goose Island, is visible near the center, as well as a group of concrete storage silos (demolished). The Lissner Corporation plant, located on North Branch Street on Goose Island (later Kendall College), is on the right.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cityfront Place apartments
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View of part of the Cityfront Place high-rise apartment tower (400 North McClurg Court), located along the north side of the Chicago River between North Columbus Drive and North Lake Shore Drive. The Centennial Fountain arcs across the river in the foreground, and behind it, North McClurg Court runs north from the river.
Date:
1994; 1989 (Nicholas J. Melas Centennial Fountain); 1991 (Cityfront Place)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River at the Michigan Avenue bridge
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View northeast from the Chicago River at the Michigan Avenue bridge. The docking area for Wendella Boat tours is along the river to the left of the bridge. Part of the Wrigley building is visible at the extreme left of the image; the Tribune Tower stands in the center, and the Equitable Building (401 North Michigan Avenue) is partially visible on the extreme right.
Date:
1969; 1925 (Tribune Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Mies van der Rohe office buildings
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View to the west from the Chicago River, with three of Mies' office buildings. Two Illinois Center (233 North Michigan Avenue) is under construction on the left. One Illinois Center (111 East Wacker Drive) stands next to it. Both these buildings are part of the Illinois Center complex. The IBM building (330 North Wabash) stands on the right, behind the old Sun-Times building. In the foreground, land along the south side of the Chicago River has been cleared for development.
Date:
1972; 1969-1971 (IBM Building); 1970 (One Illinois Center); 1973 (Two Illinois Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Ashland Ave. and Belmont Ave. (Folder 3)
37 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Ashland Ave. Bridge (1914, 1938); N. Ashland Ave. Bridge (1936, 1951, 1953 [aerial view with Webster St. Bridge], 1975); Belmont Ave. (1917, 1924, 1941, 1953, 1976, undated)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Zion Nuclear Power Station
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View of the Zion Nuclear Power Station, looking south along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial area and coal piles
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View looking north across the North Branch Canal towards industrial and manufacturing buildings along the east bank of the canal and North Kingsbury Street. Large piles of coal and coal moving equipment sit along the water's edge. On the far left, a building with a Bowman Dairy Company sign is visible (1450 North Dayton Street). Behind it to the right a rooftop cupola for The Seng Company (848 West Eastman Street/ 1440 North Dayton Street) is visible.
Date:
1970; 1903 (1450 North Dayton Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Division Street bridge and Goose Island
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Aerial view looking northwest towards Goose Island, with a scrap metal yard and numerous industrial buildings on the island. The West Division Street bridge over the North Branch Canal is in the foreground. In the distance on the right, the Procter & Gamble plant (demolished) with its tall white smokestack is visible. At the extreme right, part of the J. W. Petersen Coal & Oil Co. building is visible, and behind that, part of the red brick warehouse building at 860 West Evergreen Avenue.
Date:
1986
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial area, Goose Island and North Branch, Chicago River
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View looking west from the North Halsted Street bridge. The southern end of Goose Island is in the right foreground, with the former Lissner Corporation building (later Kendall College) is visible in a neglected state. The Lissner name has been painted over with "Batcheld..." in this photograph. Across the river, part of the facilities of the Material Service Corporation (later Prairie Material, Ready Mix Yard No. 32) located at 835 North Peoria Street, are visible.
Date:
1986
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and Sheraton Hotel
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View west along the Chicago River towards the North Columbus Drive Bridge. A paved overlook area is in the foreground along the river, and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers (301 East North Water Street) is at the right. The University of Chicago Downtown Center (Gleacher Center), Equitable Building, and Wrigley Building are in the distance to the left of it.
Date:
1994; 1992 (Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River industrial facilities and Lake Point Tower
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View to the northeast with industrial buildings, warehouses, and storage facilities along the north side of the Chicago River, and land being cleared for development along the south side of the river. Lake Point Tower rises on the left.
Date:
1972; 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
City of Chicago Central Office Building
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View looking northwest across the Chicago River with the Clark Street bridge in the foreground. Behind the bridge is the Reid Murdoch Center (City of Chicago Central Office building). The Merchandise Mart is visible in the distance on the left.
Date:
1989; 1914 (Reid, Murdoch & Co. Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Ohio St. Bridge and Polk St. Bridge (Folder 44)
19 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Ohio St. Bridge (1958); Polk St. Bridge (1935, 1941, 1944, 1966)
Date:
1935-1958
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial buildings along North Branch of Chicago River
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View looking north along the North Branch of the Chicago River from north of West Division Street. On the left is the Chicago Rawhide Manufacturing Company factory (demolished). Beyond that, a coal yard and coal barge are visible at the riverfront. In the distance is the red brick Procter & Gamble plant (demolished) with its two smokestacks. At the far right part is a Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company gas holder, part of the former Willow Street Station Manufactured Gas Plant Site (demolished).
Date:
1970; 1953 (Peoples Gas gas holder)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and Sheraton Chicago Hotel
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View east along the Chicago River towards the North Columbus Avenue bridge and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers. A riverfront recreation area is visible in the foreground.
Date:
1994; 1992 (Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River from North Columbus Drive
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View east along the Chicago River from North Columbus Drive towards North Lake Shore Drive. Part of the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers is at the far left, and Cityfront Place apartments (400 North McClurg Court) is to the right of it. The Centennial Fountain, located on the north bank of the Chicago River at McClurg Court, arcs across the river, and a tour boat cruises towards Lake Michigan. Navy Pier is visible in the center distance.
Date:
1994; 1989 (Nicholas J. Melas Centennial Fountain); 1991 (Cityfront Place); 1992 (Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Wolf Lake, Indiana
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View looking across Wolf Lake from the Indiana Toll Road. Utility poles are in the right foreground, and an industrial area is visible on the far side of the lake.
Date:
circa 1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Park Beach and State Line Power Plant
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View looking southeast from the Lake Michigan beachfront at Calumet Park. In the foreground, people use the sandy beach, while behind them others walk along the pier. Rising behind the beach is State Line Power Plant, a coal-fired electrical generating station.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Branch of the Chicago River and Penn-Dixie Cement facility
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View looking southeast along the North Branch of the Chicago River from south of Division Street. The Penn-Dixie Cement Corporation facility on Goose Island (formerly 1070 North Branch Avenue, demolished), with its tall cement kilns, is on the left. On the lower right of the image, boats are docked along the west bank of the river. The Civic Opera Building (20 North Wacker Drive) with its Kemper Insurance sign is visible in the distance on the right. The Marina City towers are visible in the distance on the far left.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Parking lots along the North Branch of the Chicago River
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View northwest along the North Branch of the Chicago River from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The West Kinzie Street bridge spans the river in the lower foreground, and large parking lots cover the land on either side. Further upriver, in the upper part of the photograph, are the West Grand Avenue bridge and, directly behind it, the Ohio Street bridge. The Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building (Mail Order House), and the Montgomery Ward Administration building are just visible on the upper right of the photograph.
Date:
1978; 1908 (Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Riverfront walkway and adjacent buildings
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View of buildings along the north side of the Chicago River, with the riverwalk in the foreground. Part of the Equitable Building is visible at the far left, and the University of Chicago Downtown Center (Gleacher Center, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive ) is to the right of it. The NBC tower rises at the far right.
Date:
1994; 1994 (Gleacher Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Riverfront walkway, Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, and Equitable Building
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View from near Wabash Avenue of a landscaped walkway along the Chicago River, looking northeast towards the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, and Equitable Building (401 North Michigan Avenue).
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Ships and barges, Port of Chicago
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View of barges, ships, loading docks, and cargo handling facilities at the Port of Chicago.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial buildings along North Branch of Chicago River
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View looking north along the North Branch of the Chicago River from north of West Division Street. On the left is the Chicago Rawhide Manufacturing Company factory (demolished). Farther up the river, a coal yard and coal barge are visible at the riverfront. In the distance behind these is the red brick Procter & Gamble plant with its two smokestacks (demolished). On the right is a Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company gas holder, part of the former Willow Street Station Manufactured Gas Plant Site (demolished).
Date:
1969; 1953 (Peoples Gas gas holder)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lake Point Tower and industrial-use land along the Chicago River
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View to northeast along north side of the Chicago River toward Lake Point Tower, with storage facilities and a parking lot along the riverfront. North Lake Shore Drive (elevated) is visible at the horizon, and a large billboard advertising cigarettes rises above it.
Date:
1978; 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Riverfront walkway and Gleacher Center
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View north across the Chicago River towards the University of Chicago Downtown Center (Gleacher Center, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive). Cityfront Plaza is to the right of the Gleacher Center. A tour boat cruises in the foreground.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and Wrigley Building
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View northwest across the Chicago River towards the Wrigley Building. The Michigan Avenue bridge is in the distance at the left.
Date:
1994; 1919-1924 (Wrigley Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Staircase to riverfront walkway
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View of a curved staircase leading down from North Michigan Avenue to the riverfront walkway along the north side of the Chicago River. A raised concrete planter with flowers and other plants is at the walkway level.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Riverfront walkway near Wabash Avenue bridge
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View of a landscaped walkway along the south side of the Chicago River, with the Wabash Avenue bridge at the left. The Equitable Building (401 North Michigan Avenue) is behind it. The Executive House Hotel (located at 71 East Wacker Drive) is in the upper center of the image.
Date:
circa 1977
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Kinzie St. Bridge (Folder 42)
48 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Kinzie St. Bridge (1944, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, aerials [undated]1960, 1964)
Date:
1944-1964
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial areas, West Town
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View looking northwest over West Town from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). There is a large parking lot in the foreground, with raised railroad tracks adjacent to it. At the far left of the image, other railroad tracks run west. The North Branch of the Chicago River is on the right, spanned by the West Grand Avenue bridge and the Ohio Street bridge.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
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View northwest across the Chicago River from East Upper Wacker Drive towards the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers (301 East North Water Street). The University of Chicago Downtown Center (Gleacher Center), Equitable Building, and Tribune Tower are in the distance to the left of it.
Date:
1994; 1992 (Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River east of Michigan Avenue
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View east along the north side of the Chicago River towards Lake Michigan. The Equitable Building (401 North Michigan Avenue) is at the far left, and the Gleacher Center, part of the University of Chicago School of Business, stands next to it on the right. On the right, the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers are silhouetted against the sky.
Date:
1994; 1965 (Equitable Building); 1992 (Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers); 1994 (Gleacher Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
City of Chicago Central Office Building
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View looking west along the Chicago River with the Clark Street bridge in the foreground. Behind the bridge is the Reid Murdoch Center (City of Chicago Central Office Building). The Merchandise Mart and Apparel Center are visible in the distance on the left.
Date:
1989; 1914 (Reid, Murdoch & Co. Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cityfront Place (Folder 545)
35 Images
Views of Cityfront Place high-rise construction; repair work by Chicago Department of Sewers near St. Jerome Parish; land clearing.
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
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
Chicago River, North Branch
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North Branch of the Chicago River, looking northwest from the West Wilson Avenue bridge. A railroad bridge crosses the river in the middle distance.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, East Chicago
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View of a ship docked adjacent to large bridge cranes, part of the shipping and loading facilities along the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lake Michigan lakefront from Indiana
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View looking northwest from the Lake Michigan lakefront near Gary, Indiana.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, West North Shore Avenue
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View looking northeast across West North Shore Avenue at apartment buildings on the north side of that street. 1054-1056 W. North Shore Avenue is on the left side of the image; 1050 W. North Shore Avenue is next to it on the right. Lake Michigan is visible on the far right.
Date:
1982; 1917 (1054-1056 West North Shore Avenue); 1921 (1050 West North Shore Avenue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Morton Salt warehouse and loading dock facilities
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View of the Morton Salt warehouse and loading dock facilities at 1357 North Elston Avenue, looking southwest across the North Branch of the Chicago River from Goose Island. A barge is docked on the river adjacent to the warehouse.
Date:
1986
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyline from North Branch of Chicago River
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View looking southeast along the Chicago River from the West Kinzie Street Bridge. The (now unused) Kinzie Street railroad bridge is in the raised position in the upper left foreground of the photograph. The Fulton House Condominiums (originally North American Cold Storage Company warehouse) are on the far right. The Lake Street elevated train tracks, with a CTA Green Line train running across them, are visible in front of the cluster of Loop high-rises. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) rises above them.
Date:
1986; 1974 (Sears Tower); 1981 (Fulton House Condominium conversion)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and Apparel Center
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View northwest across the Chicago River towards the Apparel Center (and Holiday Inn hotel). The Franklin Street bridge is in the middle of the image, and part of the Merchandise Mart is visible on the right. Fulton House Condominiums (originally North American Cold Storage Company warehouse), located at 345 North Canal Street, is visible behind the Apparel Center.
Date:
1983; 1908 (North American Cold Storage Company warehouse); 1977 (Apparel Center); 1981 (Fulton House Condominium conversion)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and Dearborn Street bridge
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View northeast across the Chicago River to the Near North side. The Dearborn Street bridge is on the left of the image, and a single-story building and industrial land occupies the site where Marina City now stands. Behind that, 33 West Kinzie Street (now Harry Caray's restaurant, originally Chicago Varnish Company) is visible. To the left of it, the top part of the former Cook County Criminal Court Building (now Court House Place) located at 54 West Hubbard Street, is visible.
Date:
1956; 1893 (Cook County Criminal Court Building); 1895 (Chicago Varnish Company)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
City of Chicago Central Office Building
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View looking northeast across the Chicago River at the City of Chicago Central Office Building (later Reid Murdoch Center), with the La Salle Street bridge in the foreground.
Date:
1980; 1914 (Reid, Murdoch & Co. Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Kennedy Expressway Ohio Feeder Ram and Kinzie St. Bridge (Folder 10)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Kennedy Expressway Ohio Feeder Ramp (1972); Kinzie St. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969)
Date:
1914-1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Photo of a small town with a Grand View Hotel located along the waterfront at an unknown location.
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Aerial view of the Wrigley Building alongside Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River in downtown Chicago
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access

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48 Cities and towns 35 Rivers 27 Architecture 16 Bridges 16 Skyscrapers 15 Industrial buildings 14 Industrial districts 13 Boats and boating 9 Office buildings 6 Apartment houses 6 Commercial buildings 6 Hotels 6 Storage facilities 5 Aerial photographs 5 Barges 5 Movable bridges 4 Watchtowers 3 Automobiles 3 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 3 City traffic 3 Civic improvement 3 Community development, Urban 3 Iron and steel bridges 3 Landscape architecture 3 Parking lots 3 Soil stabilization 3 Streets 2 Bolts and nuts 2 Bridges--Bearings 2 Buildings 2 Commercial art 2 Couplings 2 Electric power-plants 2 Engineering personnel 2 Fracture mechanics 2 Gasholders 2 Gearing, Bevel 2 Gearing, Spur 2 Gearing, Worm 2 Mechanical engineering 2 Pedestrians 2 Pipe 2 Plank roads 2 Railroad tracks 2 Railroad yards 2 Railroads 2 Shafting--Bearings 2 Ships 2 Tall buildings 2 Truss bridges 1 Amusement parks 1 Bathing beaches 1 Boatyards 1 Bridge cranes 1 Bridge railings 1 Bridges--Abutments 1 Bridges--Foundations and piers 1 Church buildings 1 City and town life 1 City planning 1 Clearing of land 1 Cobblestone roads 1 College buildings 1 Concrete masonry 1 Condominiums 1 Control boards (Electrical engineering) 1 Cranes, derricks, etc. 1 Cranes, derricks, etc.--Electric equipment 1 Dedication services 1 Docks 1 Electric conduits 1 Electric wiring 1 Employees 1 Flags 1 Gates 1 Grandstands 1 High-rise apartment buildings 1 High-rise apartment buildings--Design and construction 1 Hoisting machinery 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Marinas 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Nuclear power plants 1 Parks 1 Politicians 1 Printing plants 1 Public works 1 Railroad cars 1 Reinforced concrete 1 Roads 1 Roads--Guard fences 1 Sewerage--Maintenance and repair 1 Shorelines 1 Shrubs 1 Sidewalks 1 Spectators 1 Stairs 1 Steel I-beams 1 Steel--Corrosion 1 Street lighting 1 Street-railroad tracks 1 Tanks 1 Theaters 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Trucks 1 Truss bridges--Design and construction 1 Truss bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Warehouses 1 Waterways 1 Wooden bridges