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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. The building's clock tower stands at the right with the former Central Post Office partially visible behind it.

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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_cF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3db0z
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.)