Re: Railroad Bridge Over Chicago River @ Kinzie and Canal
Posted by: Quercus (---.dsl.emhril.sbcglobal.net)
Date: December 02, 2009 02:37PM
I love this bridge. It is beautiful and a wonderful piece of our past. In the late 60's I was walking around the area, which was completely deserted and very different than it is now. I waved to the bridgetender and we started talking. I asked him about the bridge, age, etc and he was happy to talk about it. then he asked me if I would like to lower and raise it - just for fun..WOULD I???
The first 80-95 degrees went down with a lever set into floor, the last few feet was a button. I set it down with just the softest of bumps. I was so proud. I would hate to see it go. maybe it needs a friends of the bridge group.
