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Calumet Park Beach and State Line Power Plant

 

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.

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Title:
Calumet Park Beach and State Line Power Plant
Date of Original:
1969
Identifier:
bru012_08_lF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d34m7w
Type:
Image
Notes:
The State Line Power Plant, completed in 1929, ceased operating in 2012. Demolition of the plant began in late 2012.


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

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Parks
Waterfronts
Bathing beaches
Industrial buildings
Electric power-plants

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:
12
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

East Side (Chicago, Ill.)
Hammond (Ind.)