Clark Street Bridge
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The Clark Street Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, connecting the Near North Side with The Loop via Clark Street.[1]
History
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The current bridge, which was completed in 1929,[2] is the eighth bridge to span the river at this point.[3] In 1853 the bridge was struck by a steamer, called the London, and collapsed, blocking traffic on the river. The bridge was dredged and river traffic resumed on September 8, 1853.[4] In 1854, the city approved an expenditure of $12,000 to replace the bridge with a pivot bridge.[5] During the Lager Beer Riot in 1855, the bridge was pivoted to help contain the rioters.[6]
On June 26, 1907, the steamer Atlas collided with the south abutment of the bridge and sank. She was declared a total loss.[7]
The passenger ship SS Eastland was scheduled to sail from the dock at the Clark Street Bridge when she capsized on July 24, 1915, killing 844 people.[8]
In March 2012, an unidentified man jumped from the bridge and was rescued by local high school students on a field trip. He later died of hypothermia.[citation needed]
In popular culture
In 1916, Carl Sandburg wrote the poem "Clark Street Bridge."[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Clark Street Bridge". historicbridges.org. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
- ^ a b c "Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Clarke Street, Spanning Chicago River at Clarke Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL". Historic American Engineering Record. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
- ^ McBriarty, Patrick T. (2013). Chicago River Bridges. Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of Illinois Press. pp. 86–94. ISBN 978-0-252-03786-3.
- ^ "Column 1". Chicago Tribune. 1853-09-09. p. 3.
- ^ "Clark Street Bridge". Chicago Tribune. 1854-02-11. p. 2.
- ^ "Trail of the Rioters". Chicago Tribune. 1855-06-21. p. 2.
- ^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1908". Harvard University. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Dewey - Addams - Chicago". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
- ^ Sandburg, Carl (1916). Chicago Poems. Henry Holt.
External links
Media related to Clark Street Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
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