South Branch of the Chicago River at 14th Street 1900

Item

Title

South Branch of the Chicago River at 14th Street 1900

Description

View north along the South Branch of the Chicago River at 14th Street in 1900. The Iowa, Rock Island "A" and Rock Island "B" grain elevators are visible. This section of the river was filled in as part of a river straightening project in 1927–9.

Date, date span, or circa acceptable

1920s

File name

South_Branch_of_the_Chicago_River_at_14th_Street_1900_jpg

Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives

Library of Congress

Source

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Engineering Record, Reproduction Number LC-DIG-ppmsca-18101

Subject

River
Commodore
U.S. Navy
World War I
Schlitz

Rights

Public Domain: Wikimedia Commons

Item sets

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