106th Street Bridge over Calumet River

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Photo from HAER ILL,16-CHIG,111--2 from il0830
2. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING SSW. - 106th Street Bridge, Spanning Calumet River at East 106th Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Photo from HAER ILL,16-CHIG,111--4 from il0830
4. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING ENE. - 106th Street Bridge, Spanning Calumet River at East 106th Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

I couldn't find a date on the HAER photos. Ken Swiderski corrected a comment I had made with the information: "The two HAER shots probably were taken on the same date. The storage piles are in the NE quadrant, in the far lower left corner of photo 2. Photo 4 is looking ENE with the piles at upper center."

Tony Margis posted
Rich Houston: Looks like the bridge on 106th st. Carmeuse Lime in the background. I worked there after Republic shut down.

Martin Joda posted, cropped
East 106th Street drawbridge over the Calumet

As with most bridges in Chicago, it was proceeded by a swing bridge.

Rod Sellers posted
Where am I?

Rod Sellers commented on his post
Swing bridge over the Calumet River at 106th Street shortly before it was replaced in 1930. Attached photo is same bridge in 1912 with Keystone Grain Elevator in view at right. Also in view is trolley crossing the bridge.
Rod Sellers There were swing bridges for railroads but the original 106th Street (and 92nd, and 95th Street) bridge was for street traffic and trolleys.
[A different exposure of this photo, a construction photo]

Michael Siola posted
One of life's little inconveniences when you live in a Great Lakes port city like Chicago.
Bridge is up this cloudy afternoon to let some barges pass by on the Calumet River at 106th Street on Chicago's East Side.
Michael Siola shared
Phyllis Hamilton Hill: Waiting is usually quicker than waiting for a freight train.

Zaky Joseph posted
OPEN SAYS-ME! AND LET THE THOROUGHBRED THROUGH! NS local parallels the Calumet River with a gp30ECO #4712 passing at the same time the drawbridge was up! Chicago, Illinois 2/19/19. 

Maraty Gatton commented on Zaky's post
Just south of 106th?

These units typically grab a cut of gondolas from the scrap yard near 116th and Burley...

Caught one waiting for the signal just north of 100th street the other night, but was too dark to get a decent shot...

And as a note, the 106th street bridge will be up for a couple more months....

Street View

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Bow Thruster Action

Franklin Campbell message
Calumet River Fleeting's Aiden William is assisting Purvis Marine's Anglian Lady with the Purvis 9000 barge.
I work for cal fleeting, and we do this quite a bit with the tugs and towboats. Usually when Purvis comes to Chicago we will meet them at Iroquois Landing [at the mouth of the Calumet River] and assist them all the way down to lake calumet and then back out to the lake. Depending on the setup and equipment we have available, we will assist them on the towline or we will face up and work like a bow thruster.

Franklin included in the above message dialog
This is the same boat towing the same tug and barge a few weeks ago.
The factor that dictates us taking these tows "faced up" bow thruster style vs us taking them on the towline is the height of the barge. That Ironmaster barge is too tall to face up to, so we take it on the towline, but with shorter barges, we have more control, especially in tight quarters when we face up to the bow.