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Rush Street Swing Bridge (Old)
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Rush Street
Period illustration
License: Released into public domain
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BH Photo #261440
Description
First all-iron bridge in Chicago; was built for $48,000 with the cost shared between the city and the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad. Destroyed in November 1863 when a drove of cattle crushed one side of the bridge.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost swing bridge over Chicago River on Rush Street
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1856 as the first all-iron bridge in Chicago, destroyed 1863
- Builder
- - Harper & Tweedale
- Design
- Through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.88873, -87.62533 (decimal degrees)
41°53'19" N, 87°37'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/448121/4637611 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Chicago Loop
- Inventory number
- BH 57409 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 3, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- August 22, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
- July 30, 2013: Added by Frank Hicks
Sources
- Frank Hicks
- Douglas Butler
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com