ChicagoDrainage Canal

Drawing shows the Chicago Drainage Canal, later known as the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, at Chicago's city limits in 1898. Portions of a steel bridge is in the left foreground.

Publication date: 1898-01-30

Size: 6.2 x 10.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: black and white

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Temporal: 1898

Subject(s):

• Canals--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900
• Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (Ill.)--1890-1900
• Garfield Ridge (Chicago)--1890-1900
• Bridges--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900

Genre(s):

• Drawings
• Illustrations

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 30, 1898), Part 4/Editorial Sheet, p. 25

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg