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LOOKING SOUTHEAST, VIEW OF PIER SUPPORTING MAIN (RIVER) SPAN; THIS PIER, OF CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, WAS BUILT IN 1932. ADJACENT IS A PIER SUPPORTING DECK TRUSS FROM 1893. THIS PIER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY REBUILT IN 1932. - Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois River Bridge, Spanning Illinois River, La Salle, La Salle County, IL
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Depicted place Illinois; La Salle County; La Salle
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER ILL, 50-LASAL, 5-4
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: In 1855 the spanning of the Illinois River by the Illinois Central Railroad Bridge was a major engineering achievement; although reconstructed in 1893, the bridge was used from 1855 until it was abandoned in the late 1970s.
  • Survey number: HAER IL-49
  • Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1893 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1932 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1970 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0614.photos.037041p
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