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Clark Street Bridge (Old)

Cook County, Illinois

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Seventh Clark Street Bridge (Old)

Chicago River Drawbridges (Patrick Mc Briarty)

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2014

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BH Photo #308684

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Main Chicago River on Clark Street
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built in 1889 collision in 1929
Builders
- Fitzsimons & Connell Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Variety Iron Works of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Pratt through truss swing
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.88749, -87.63250   (decimal degrees)
41°53'15" N, 87°37'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/447525/4637477 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Chicago Loop
Inventory number
BH 64184 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,631)
Built 1889 (240)
Built during 1880s (2,011)
Chicago, Illinois (334)
Cook County, Illinois (461)
Fitzsimons & Connell Co. (5)
Illinois (4,688)
Lost (25,008)
Lost 1929 (61)
Lost during 1920s (491)
 Movable (2,989)
Owned by city (5,476)
Pratt through truss (5,431)
Pratt truss (9,352)
Replaced by new bridge (16,798)
Swing (1,466)
Through truss (15,199)
Truss (32,986)
Variety Iron Works (13)

Update Log 

  • February 1, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • November 20, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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