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
Commodore
U.S. Navy
World War I
Schlitz
Rights
Public Domain: Wikimedia Commons