Chicago Lake Street "L" Interlocking Tower near Pulaski Road

(Satellite, the spur is gone)

Dave Durham posted four photos with the comment: "Lake Street Elevated Ry, Pulaski Rd."

Dennis DeBruler: HAER ILL,16-CHIG,105A-

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/il0376/

"Significance: A surviving example of an elevated railroad interlocking tower which is similar in design to the original towers used around the Union Loop by the Union Elevated Railroad in downtown Chicago For more information see the HAER files on the Union Loop: IL-1 and IL-1 A through F."

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Glen Olbermann: Lake St, the tower for the material yard and shops at Hamlin Ave, Pulaski Rd and Lake st station right there. I seen this tower many times when I was little riding in my dads old 66 Chrysler 300.

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1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

This spur appears to be another example of some errors in a topo map. The map shows that the spur is connected to the C&NW tracks rather than the "L" tracks.

1929 Chicago Loop @ 24,000

I found a 1951 photo that clearly shows a connection with the "L" and no connection with C&NW.

USGS AR1SA0000020023, 1951-12-04, 1:23,600

In the first photo, the two smokestacks on the horizon to the right of the tower were for the backshops of C&NW's 40th Street Yard.

Dennis DeBruler