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Title	Union Station and Chicago River, Chicago.
Contributors	Keystone View Company (publisher)
Description	Overhead view of Union Station in Chicago and the Chicago River. Two buildings are in the background with rows of train platforms in front. To the left is the Chicago River with a boat and barges visible. In the foreground is a bridge crossing the river. A horse-drawn carriage is crossing the bridge. Title: 29229. Union Station and Chicago River, Chicago. Text on left: Keystone View Company. Copyrighted. Manufacturers Publishers. Made in U.S.A. Text on right: Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England. Text on top: T111. Descriptive information on back of card: 146 - (29229) Union Station and Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois. Over thirty important railroads come into Chicago, the world's greatest railroad center. All railroads connecting any point due west of Lake Michigan with any point east or northwest of it must pass around the southern end of this lake. This is one of the reasons why Chicago has become such a great railroad center. In addition to the lines entering from the East and West, there are others entering Chicago from the South, Southwest, and Southeast. Not one of these railroads pass through Chicago. Think what that means to the people whose work is 'handling' the great amount of freight that enters and leaves this city. The large building in this view is the Union Station, one of the finest passenger stations in the world. Among its many conveniences for travelers are baths, a swimming pool, a barber shop, and a restaurant. The Chicago River, which you see here, forms one of the two inner harbors of Chicago. A law of our government requires that no bridge shall obstruct the passage of boats on any navigable stream at any time. So all these bridges are made so that they can be opened to let boats pass. The Chicago River once flowed into Lake Michigan. Engineers have changed the slope of its bed so that now it flows away from the lake, its original mouth, into the Chicago Drainage Canal (built to care for the city sewage) and finally into the Illinois-Mississippi River system. It is probably the only stream in the world that flows away from its mouth. Has this change affected the water level of the Great Lakes? How would a lowered water level in the lakes affect other lake cities? Copyright by The Keystone View Company.
Subject	Railroad stations Railroads Union Station (Chicago, Ill.) Buildings Bridges
Location Depicted	Chicago (Ill.) Chicago River (Ill.)
Object Type	Stereographs
Source	7 x 3.5 in. b&w stereograph. Item no. 005.0052 in the George Yater Papers, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center.
Citation Information	See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/stereographs#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file).
Collection	Stereographic Views of Louisville and Beyond, 1850s - 1930
Collection Website	http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/stereographs/
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Format	image/jpeg
Ordering Information	To inquire about reproductions, permissions, or for information about prices see: http://louisville.edu/library/archives/copying.html/. Please cite the Image Number when ordering.
Image Number	ULUA 005.0052
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Citation Information	See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/stereographs#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file).
Collection Website	http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/stereographs/

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