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Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River

 

View looking southwest from the South Ewing Avenue bridge towards cargo handling facilities along the Calumet River. There are barges and a loading dock in the left foreground and overhead cranes are visible to the right behind these. Concrete storage silos and a large gas storage tank are visible at the far right of the photograph. In the background, the Chicago Skyway runs across the image; power lines are visible in the distance behind the Skyway.

About this item


Title:
Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River
Date of Original:
1974
Identifier:
bru012_08_hF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3mm77
Type:
Image


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

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Rivers
Industrial districts
Bridges
Elevated highways
Barges
Bridge cranes
Gasholders
Storage facilities

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.)
South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.)