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North Branch Canal, industrial district

 

View looking north along the North Branch Canal running along the east side of Goose Island, with the Goose Island shoreline at the left. In the distance is a Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company gas holder, part of the former Willow Street Station Manufactured Gas Plant Site (demolished). The Procter & Gamble plant (demolished) with its two tall smokestacks is in the distance on the left.

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Title:
North Branch Canal, industrial district
Identifier:
bru010_07_hF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3199m
Type:
Image
Notes:
The Willow Street Station Manufactured Gas Plant Site was formerly located between North Kingsbury Street and the river. The Procter & Gamble plant was formerly located at 1232 North Avenue; Procter & Gamble closed the plant in 1990.


Rights:
In copyright - non-commercial use permitted
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Industrial districts
Gasholders
Rivers
Factories

Photographer:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002

Form:
Photographs
Medium:
color slides
Extent:
35 mm

Collection Information


Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Folder:
10
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Geographic Information

Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)