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Title: 1922 aerial photo of Wrigley Building
Post by: themats on November 30, 2014, 02:50:59 PM

http://instagram.com/p/wAUuflqS5K/ (http://instagram.com/p/wAUuflqS5K/)

Shows lots of rails on the south side of the river--some on the north side too.

Mike

Title: Re: 1922 aerial photo of Tribune Tower
Post by: TBurke on December 01, 2014, 06:19:41 PM

That's actually the Wrigley building that stands out.  The Tribune Tower would be built three years later.

Interesting that a swing bridge was still in use for Rush Street.  That center island would have been an obstruction to river traffic.

The tracks in the lower foreground belonged to the Illinois Central.  Now it's all covered over by the 1960s era Illinois Center office buildings built on IC Industries air rights. 

Title: Re: 1922 aerial photo of Tribune Tower
Post by: Brianbobcat on December 04, 2014, 05:54:11 PM

There's many more cool photos on there, including a bunch train related.  Here are just the couple I've found so far:

1937 Lakefront: http://instagram.com/p/wJz9FPKSxz/?modal=true (http://instagram.com/p/wJz9FPKSxz/?modal=true)
I.C. at 73rd Street: http://instagram.com/p/wGxtXVqS9l/?modal=true (http://instagram.com/p/wGxtXVqS9l/?modal=true)
1928 Grant Park: http://instagram.com/p/wCwSmeKS_F/?modal=true (http://instagram.com/p/wCwSmeKS_F/?modal=true)
1974 North Pier Terminal: http://instagram.com/p/v9_Q-nKS-k/?modal=true (http://instagram.com/p/v9_Q-nKS-k/?modal=true)
1959 Mount Prospect derailment: http://instagram.com/p/v3cCavqSwS/?modal=true (http://instagram.com/p/v3cCavqSwS/?modal=true)
1940s Electroliner: http://instagram.com/p/vNOFgcKS2S/?modal=true (http://instagram.com/p/vNOFgcKS2S/?modal=true)
Pioneer Zephyr move: http://instagram.com/p/vAC_KcKS14/?modal=true (http://instagram.com/p/vAC_KcKS14/?modal=true)
1936 Zephyr: http://instagram.com/p/u5799UKS9a/?modal=true (http://instagram.com/p/u5799UKS9a/?modal=true)
1933 Aluminum engine: http://instagram.com/p/udu7seKS1G/?modal=true (http://instagram.com/p/udu7seKS1G/?modal=true)
1931 LaSalle Street Station: http://instagram.com/p/uLX1UHKSya/?modal=true (http://instagram.com/p/uLX1UHKSya/?modal=true)

Anyone go deeper into the archives than me?  What'd you find?