Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Item
Title
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Description
Photo
- Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnion bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charged the City of Chicago engineers with infringing on his patented Strauss-Trunion bascule bridge the Chicago bascule received great acclaim within the civil engineering profession. The Jackson Boulevard Bridge was completed according to this design.
- Survey number: HAER IL-55
- Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction
- Significance: The development of the Chicago trunnion bascule bridge occurred during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Despite the controversy over patent infringement Joseph E. Strauss charged the City of Chicago engineers with infringing on his patented Strauss-Trunion bascule bridge the Chicago bascule received great acclaim within the civil engineering profession. The Jackson Boulevard Bridge was completed according to this design.
- Survey number: HAER IL-55
- Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction
Date, date span, or circa acceptable
Documentation compiled after 1968
File name
Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
Library of Congress
Source
Source collection: Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Link: https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.il0760.photos?st=gallery
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Link: https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.il0760.photos?st=gallery
Subject
bridges; Chicago
Rights
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
