[Sixty-eighth Street intake cribs in Lake Michigan with men working on both sides]

Open URL [Sixty-eighth Street intake cribs in Lake Michigan with men working on both sides]
  • Collection ID DN-0053300
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Sixty-eighth Street intake cribs in Lake Michigan with men working on both sides] [graphic].
  • Dates [1908 or 1909 Jan.]
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Image of the 68th Street intake crib in Lake Michigan off the South Shore community area of Chicago, Illinois. Men are working on both sides of the crib. A temporary wooden structure involved in the construction of a new water-intake crib nearby burst into flame on January 20, 1909, and 70 workers died in the disaster.
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  • Names 68th Street Water Intake Crib (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Water-intake Crib disaster, Chicago, Ill., January 20, 1909.
    • Intakes (Hydraulic engineering) Illinois Chicago 1900-1909.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Michigan, Lake 1900-1909.
    • South Shore (Chicago, Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. 1910-1919. etc. 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. 1900-1909.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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