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Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal demolition

 

View of the demolition of the Western Warehousing Company plant at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Polk Street freight terminal. Two dumpsters and a large truck are amid the rubble in front of the wrecking crane.

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Title:
Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal demolition
Alternative Title:
Western Warehousing Company Plant, Polk Street Terminal
Date of Original:
1974; 1918 (Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal)
Identifier:
bru013_04_aF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d34t4t
Type:
Image
Notes:
The railway station was located between Polk and Taylor Streets, west of the South Branch of the Chicago River and east of Canal Street.


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

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Wrecking
Railroad stations
Warehouses

Photographer:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
Contributor:
Price, William L., 1861-1916

Form:
Photographs
Medium:
color slides
Extent:
35 mm

Collection Information


Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Folder:
13
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 West Side (Chicago, Ill.)