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River Traffic at Rush Street Swing Bridge, c.1900

River Traffic at Rush Street Swing Bridge, c.1900
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The swing bridge at Rush Street was rebuilt after the 1871 Chicago Fire. At the turn of the last century, the movable bridge still operated on a Chicago River busy with a wide range of shipping, as seen here in a photograph taken around 1900.