I knew Chicagoland factories used a lot of sugar because it was the candy capital of the world. But I did not know that Chicagoland produced it.
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| Michael Brandt posted A really neat picture of Popes Sugarbeet factory at the Calumet River and Indiana Ave. Notice the old Indiana Ave swing-bridge that was replaced in the 70s, I have pictures of that project also. Michael Brandt posted It's Popes Sugar Beet Works on the shore of the Calumet River just West of Indiana Ave. |
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| Raymond Boerema commented on Michael's post View from Indiana Avenue |
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| eBay Riverdale Illinois~Chas Pope Beet Sugar Works Factory~Smokestacks~c1910 |
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| David Ruklic posted Here is a picture of the Pope's Sugar Beet Factory taken from a hot air balloon over the neighborhood down Indiana Ave. along the Calumet River before it was dredged. Daniel Cook: I know Cal-Sag was built 1911-22 and widened 1959-65, but did Calumet River get dredged at the same time? Was it part of the same project in phases, or did one necessitate the other having to follow? This should have been my first stop! |
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| 1901 Calumet Quad @ 62,500 |
You know something is really old when it is gone by the time these old aerials were taken.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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