Since I've researched the Ogden Bridge over the CB&Q tracks in Cicero, it is only fair that I note this viaduct over Goose Island. I've seen several photos of the bridge in Cicero because of railfans. In contrast, this is the first glimpse I have seen of the viaduct over Goose Island.
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| Jim Shortz posted This one I can’t place. I don’t know of an Edward Hines Lumberyard in the area. Bob Lalich: This is Halsted and Division on the near NW Side. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Jim's post This is the first photo that I remember seeing that gives a glimpse of the Ogden Avenue viaduct. I see Ogden used to go all the way to Lincoln Park. 1953 Chicago Loop Quad @ 24,000 |
As we see on the above topo map, Ogden also had drawbridges on both sides of the island.
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| Chicago River Bridges Book by Patrick T. McBriarty via Bridge Hunter, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND) |
I finally came across a photo of one of those drawbridges.
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| Jerry Ramirez posted The old Ogden bridge! It also cross Cabrini Green housing ! You also had a great view of the downtown skyline. |
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| David H. Nelson posted David Daruszka: The C&NW main line is on the lower left. The tracks above it led to the C&NW's Erie Street Coach yard. David H. Nelson: Yes. That's (Correction-->) Halstead Ave running along the right edge of the photo so the camera is looking almost due north. |
David H. Nelson posted two photos with the comment: "I found an old photo of the Odgen Overpass of Goose Island, where the MILW had their Division St Yard. A pal ran it thru an AI upscaler making it 4x larger and sharpening it as well. Here are the before and after images (be sure to click on each image to get the full size. The differences are quite apparent then)."
Chris Jansen: You should post the upscaled somewhere and link to it cause FB's compression is undoing half of that work.
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| 2 [This is the photo that he used in his first post.] |
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| One of a few photos of the viaduct by David Wilson in his Nov 1990 Album 19901117 13 Halsted St. @ Division St. Juni Salsero Hernandez posted Ogden Viaduct at Division & Halsted back in 1990. This is true Chicago history of one of the best structures ever built by the city of Chicago back in 1934. Too bad, it wasn't ridden enough to keep! Lee Kanne: Ogden ran all the way to Armitage and Clark. Through Old Town. You can still see big spaces between buildings in Old Town where Ogden was. |
I found several photos taken from the viaduct rather than of the viaduct. See Forgotten Chicago for more information about the extension and removal of Ogden.
One source said you could not access the island from the viaduct. But this photo and the historical aerial photo below show that there was a ramp that went down to Hickory Avenue. I think the gasometer in the photo at the top of these notes is the one that is about a block south of Division Street between Crosby and Kingsbury Streets.
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| 1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
It is in the background of this aerial.
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| David Janin posted Goose island, Chicago another Milwaukee road news bureau pic 60s anyone ?? Think I see a S2 3 alco switcher??? Dennis DeBruler shared Milwaukee's Chicago & Evanston branch used to have a big presence on Goose Island. Jeff James: What a great show - did not realize how much of the island was covered in the rail yard and love seeing the old ogden bridge Dennis DeBruler: Jeff James Thanks for pointing out the Ogden Viaduct. I had missed that. Andy Hughes: All that and the 600 ft cement boats using the turning basin on the right. |
A nice aerial view of the viaduct behind a lot of copyright issues.
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