South Canal Railroad Bridge..
Type: Vertical lift Railroad Bridge..
Completed: 1915..
Built by Waddell and Harrington..
It's the only such example of vertical lift bridge on the Chicago River..
The bridge was originally owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Now it is owned by Amtrak.
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I took some cool pictures of this one last summer after going to a nearby vintage record (vinyl) sale. More info at:
http://www.historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=illinois/sblift/
Alan
That's cool!
The site you referred, has a lot of information on this particular bridge, but I could not find much on the 18th Street Railroad bridge!
It looks a bit rusty... does it still go up and down?
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