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Through the mall, looking North from Clybourn. Treasure Island grocery store parking lot (former yard location) looking north.dk_lakewood_1989_24
Through the mall, looking North from Clybourn. Treasure Island grocery store parking lot (former yard location) looking north.
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Another picture of the tavern at Wellington and Lakewood, with the remnant of the spur to Acme and George St. Packing.dk_lakewood_1989_25
Another picture of the tavern at Wellington and Lakewood, with the remnant of the spur to Acme and George St. Packing.
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Lincoln and Lakewood George St. Packing.
Signal at Lincoln and Lakewood
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This rare photo from Doug Kaniuk's collection shows Lissner Metal's switcher caught outside the Lissner site on the Milwaukee Road's own tracks sometime prior to the mid-1970s on Goose Island. The setting is North Branch St. just south of Bliss St. and north of the Ogden Ave. overpass. The brick building behind the switcher was used by Pickens-Kane, and formerly by the defunct, Chicago area department store chain Wieboldts.As of 2003, Lissner Metal's site has been razed, though the spur track that connected it to the outside world is still in place on the southwest side of North Branch St. The Pickens-Kane building is abandoned but you can still see a segment of its spur from the southeast side of the building where the spur enters a dark, canyon-like corridor with loading bays on the side. CP Rail, successor to the Milwaukee Road, ended service on this segment of the line south of Bliss St. in the late 1990s when AKZO Salt shut down their North Branch location.
According to former Milwaukee Road employee, Frank Urbanowitz, this switcher may have been on the Milwaukee Road track and outside the plant awaiting movement to another rail-served Lissner site somewhere in Chicago.
Compare this photo with others from the same location in 1990 where the Milwaukee Road track on which the Lissner switch was parked is on the left (east) alongside the Pickens-Kane building. Lissner Metals is behind the chain-link fence and dumpster to the right of the train and street.
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This rare photo from Doug Kaniuk's collection shows Lissner Metal's
switcher caught outside the Lissner site on the Milwaukee Road's
own tracks sometime prior to the mid-1970s on Goose Island. The
setting is North Branch St. just south of Bliss St. and north of
the Ogden Ave. overpass. The brick building behind the switcher was
used by Pickens-Kane, and formerly by the defunct, Chicago area
department store chain Wieboldts.
As of 2003, Lissner Metal's site has been razed, though the spur track that connected it to the outside world is still in place on the southwest side of North Branch St. The Pickens-Kane building is abandoned but you can still see a segment of its spur from the southeast side of the building where the spur enters a dark, canyon-like corridor with loading bays on the side. CP Rail, successor to the Milwaukee Road, ended service on this segment of the line south of Bliss St. in the late 1990s when AKZO Salt shut down their North Branch location.
According to former Milwaukee Road employee, Frank Urbanowitz, this switcher may have been on the Milwaukee Road track and outside the plant awaiting movement to another rail-served Lissner site somewhere in Chicago.
Compare this photo with others from the same location in 1990 where the Milwaukee Road track on which the Lissner switch was parked is on the left (east) alongside the Pickens-Kane building. Lissner Metals is behind the chain-link fence and dumpster to the right of the train and street.
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This picture depicts the Chicago & North Western making a run out to the Navy Pier area with a delivery for the City of Chicago water filtration plant, probably of chlorine, in the tank car. The boxcars are destined for the Chicago Tribune's loading docks on Illinois Street just east of Michigan Avenue. By 1984 the Tribune relocated its printing press to the new Freedom Center on Chicago River where rail shipments went. This photo dates from between 1968 and 1971 and was taken at twilight.dk_navypier_1968-71
This picture depicts the Chicago & North Western making a run out
to the Navy Pier area with a delivery for the City of Chicago water
filtration plant, probably of chlorine, in the tank car. The
boxcars are destined for the Chicago Tribune's loading docks on
Illinois Street just east of Michigan Avenue. By 1984 the Tribune
relocated its printing press to the new Freedom Center on Chicago
River where rail shipments went. This photo dates from between 1968
and 1971 and was taken at twilight.
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Doug first photographs the job near State and Kinzie. There is a good chance that the building in the background is the IBM building, which was constructed during this time.dk_navypier_1968_01
Doug first photographs the job near State and Kinzie. There is a good chance that the building in the background is the IBM building, which was constructed during this time.
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Doug chases the train to the area east of Michigan Ave. Jardine will continue to receive tank cars of chlorine until the late 70's. According to Andre Kristopans, the other customer in this area was a sugar refiner near St. Clair St., about where Lower North Water Street is today.dk_navypier_1968_03
Doug chases the train to the area east of Michigan Ave. Jardine
will continue to receive tank cars of chlorine until the late 70's.
According to Andre Kristopans, the other customer in this area was
a sugar refiner near St. Clair St., about where Lower North Water
Street is today.
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These scenes will continue for a few more years, and then vanish and become part of Chicago's history.dk_navypier_1968_04
These scenes will continue for a few more years, and then vanish
and become part of Chicago's history.
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Attached is a picture I took from the Prudential Building, looking North. Shows the pier line at about Michigan Ave. The photo was taken with a 620 camera.dk_river1ac_1968_01
Attached is a picture I took from the Prudential Building, looking North.
Shows the pier line at about Michigan Ave. The photo was taken with a 620 camera.
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Same as above, with captions.
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Gary Morris captured CNW SW1200 #1213 in June of 1982 from his position on Clinton Tower. The view looks north at the just completed Chicago Tribune Freedom Center. Since the train is not on the Navy Pier Line track (the one to the left of the engine), the string of newsprint boxcars are being pushed into the Freedom Center, and not pulled to the Sun Times building farther out towards Michigan Avenue on the Navy Pier Line.The street ahead is Grand Ave., and the spur on the left is lower level Blommer Chocolate spur.
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Gary Morris captured CNW SW1200 #1213 in June of 1982 from his position on Clinton Tower. The view looks north at the just completed Chicago Tribune Freedom Center. Since the train is not on the Navy Pier Line track (the one to the left of the engine), the string of newsprint boxcars are being pushed into the Freedom Center, and not pulled to the Sun Times building farther out towards Michigan Avenue on the Navy Pier Line.
The street ahead is Grand Ave., and the spur on the left is lower level Blommer Chocolate spur.