1946-82 GM EMD Pullman (#2) Plant

Office Building: (Satellite)

Smokestack: (Satellite, building has been torn down.)

Four Bays: (Satellite)

EMD posted
As we can see here, worker are smoothing the seams as the Geep hoods moves along at West Pullman, Ill.
Electro-Motive Builder's Photo The Geep was probably trucked to plant 3 in Cleveland for final assembly. The F/E nose goes to plant 1 in LaGrange. This is at the former Pullman plant.
Dennis A. Livesey At first glance, they looked like screens on the loco side.
Looking closer, those are large reflecting surfaces for making, bright, even light so the grinders can see their work accurately, IMHO. (I am not a sheet metal worker so I am guessing.)
Greg Burnet shared
William H. Tolliver EMD facility was East of Cottage Grove on 103rd st. Locomotive subassemblies. Pullman plant was on 111th st. And Cottage grove.
Dave Ladislas Sr. William H. Tolliver,correct.The EMD shop at 103rd. was a former Pullman shop way back in the day.Pullman Shops went from like 103rd. on the N. to almost 115th. on the S.,including their Calumet Shops.
Dave Ladislas Sr. Mike Rusnak,when I was working at Pullman we had a lot of welders that also worked at 103rd. st.Welding 16 hrs. a day had to be brutal.
Ean Kahn-Treras Oh very neat! Had no idea this was down here. Must’ve kept the N&W quite busy.
Were they the main carrier providing service along the Pullman Connecting Railroad, or was it a big joint venture?
[Unfortunately, as of 23 hours later there was no answer.]
EMD posted
Recent Photo released by Progress Rail at Plant number 2.
Cabs as far as the eye can see.
Greg Burnet shared
Ed Elm: Bob Lalich when I worked there they did not assemble cabs any more we made crankcases, fuel tanks ,traction motor housings, fan frames ,and plow blades and many other smaller parts.
Bob Lalich: Ed Elm - I grew up near this plant. Until I saw this photo several years ago, I thought that Plant 2 made parts such as you describe. This photo was quite a surprise to me. I wonder how the cabs were transported to LaGrange?
Steven Marcyk: Geep cab being worked on is IC 8901 delivered May '51. 
The order, 5171-1 is written several places on it. 1951 would make everything in the photo a 7....F7, FP7, or GP7.
[Some comments indicate that the US government took it over during the war to make airplane wings. (Update: in 1946, EMD acquired a 700,000 sq. ft. facility that produced aircraft parts. [AssemblyMag])]

Daniel Bovino posted

GM Electromotive Plant, 103rd and Corliss. 

Photo by the late Dr. Gene Ossello.

Paul Jevert shared with the comment: "GM Plant at Pullman"

Andrew Urbanski posted four photos with the comment: "Looking to see if anyone recalls or has knowledge about Electro Motive in Pullman region. Found these pictures on Facebook. Their main facility was in LaGrange, IL."

Robert Petit: EMD used the Pullman Building off of 103rd Street for a number of things. Sub Assembly of Cabs, Cab Bases, Short hoods, Wiring Harnesses.

Andrew Urbanski: Thank you for sharing that, any knowledge on how those assemblies got to LaGrange from there? Certain rail line?

Bob Lalich: Andrew Urbanski - EMD Plant #2 was served exclusively by Rock Island. The LaGrange plant was served by IHB and B&OCT. Rock Island likely delivered to IHB Blue Island Yard or B&OCT Barr Yard for final delivery to LaGrange.

[This source says the subassemblies were trucked.]

Ron Stanek: This was at EMD's Plant #2 on 900 E. 103rd St. In Chicago almost next to Gately Stadium. This photo would have been on the east side of the plant (old Pullman facility). Shuttling materials in & out. Like Robert Petit says in his comment, Plant#2 built sub-assemblies Fuel tanks; Engine blocks; wheels; Cab assemblies; fabricated many parts, had a paint shop & primered assemblies and shipped everything to Lagrange where they put it all together. 15-20 Minutes into a shift, you couldn't see one third of the way through the Plant, do to welding smoke. Building had 4 or 5 long building (Bays we'd call them) each Bay having a few overhead railed 10Ton caged operater cranes, along with many poled cranes throughout to lift by most operations. The Bays(buildings) were about 700 feet long by about 50 foot wide. Worked there late 70's &early 80's.

After NAFTA, EMD sent most of the work to Canada and closed up EMD Plant#2.

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The smokestack in Daniel's post still stands. That manufacturing building is gone. But four the the "long buildings" mentioned in Ron Stanek's comment are still standing.

Street View, Jul 2019

Satellite

1953/55 Calumet Lake Quad @ 24,000

Back when Pullman used the facility, it also had connections to the Illinois Central.

1929/39 Calumet Lake Quad @ 24,000

Four Bridges over Saucon Creek near Hellertown, PA

From North to South

1936 Seidersville Road (High Street): (Archived Bridge Hunter;  Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

1860 Walnut Street: (Archived Bridge Hunter;  Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; HAER; Satellite)

1858 Meadows Road: (Archived Bridge Hunter;  Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

1867 Old Mill Road: (Archived Bridge Hunter;  Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; HAER; Satellite)

1936  Seidersville Road (High Street) Bridge

Street View, Jul 2024

"This bridge is currently closed to traffic, and it is located on Seidersville Road within the Bethlehem city limits. The road doesn't become High St. until it crosses the city line into Hellertown Borough which is on the east side of the former Conrail (originally originally the Reading's North Penn branch line) right-of-way." [Comment by Matt on ArchivedBridgeHunter_high]

2018 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley via BridgeHunter_1936

HistoricBridges_high
"This bridge is the only known through truss with welded connections in Pennsylvania. Constructed in 1935, the bridge is one of the earliest all-welded truss bridges in Pennsylvania. For these two reasons, the bridge is considered technologically significant and the bridge is thus eligible for the National Register of Historic Places., because it documents the transition from riveted connections to welded connections. The bridge also represents a transition from built-up beams to all-rolled beams in truss bridge construction, since the majority of bridge's members are composed of rolled beams with no riveting or welding. Some elements are built-up with welds, such as the bottom chord. The bridge also makes considerable use of wide flange beams, also called H sections, which became the standard after the traditional American Standard Beam i-beam fell from favor because of its troublesome sloped flanges. All of these features: the welds, the wide flange beams, and the heavy use of rolled beams, were all new for use in bridge construction when this bridge was built. What is interesting is how similar this 1935 bridge is to modern welded truss bridges built today in some states such as Ohio. Unlike other bridge types which often evolved and changed a lot over the years and decades, the welded truss bridge has changed very little in design and appear since it began to be used."

2018 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley via BridgeHunter_high

1860 Walnut Street Bridge

It is pin connected.

Street View, Oct 2018

2018 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley via BridgeHunter_1860

Metrotrails posted

The historic Walnut Street Bridge in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, which used to span the Saucon Creek. It now spans what had once been raceway for the 1761 Heller-Wagner Grist Mill.

The Walnut Street Bridge was built in 1860 and retains much of its historic character. It was rehabilitated in 1999, and painted silver. Its design is quite interesting compared to others, made of cast and wrought iron. It was built by Beckel Iron Foundry of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The company was run by Charles Beckel and his son Lawrence Beckel. 

The bridge at some point was known as Wagner’s Bridge, probably because of the adjacent mill ownership, and later as “The Pony Bridge”. This too is a mystery, because Pony Truss bridges are usually low trusses with no connecting braces up top.

The bridge had been rehabilitated in 1950, but vehicle use of the bridge ended in 1970. The odd decking probably wouldn’t have handled more modern vehicles. It was moved to the ground nearby, and eventually the aforementioned rehabilitation took place.

Metrotrails shared

HistoricBridges_1860
"The Walnut Street Bridge is one of the rarest and most important historic bridges in the United States. One of a mere handful of surviving through truss bridges with cast iron compression members, the Walnut Street Bridge has larger percentage of material that is cast iron than most of these bridges. In particular it is noted for its cast iron floorbeams, which is nearly unheard of, because floorbeams can be subject to tension and cast iron tends to display its brittle characteristics under tension. Finally, the bridge is also among the oldest all-metal bridges in the United States with a ca. 1860 construction date. The features the patented cast iron bottom chord connections as patented by F. C. Lowthorp, whose inventive skills were a part of several of the surviving cast iron truss bridges in the United States. The bridge itself was designed and constructed by the Beckel Iron Foundry of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania."

"Only high-truss span built by Beckel Iron Foundry known to exist. Uses Francis C. Lowthorp's 23 June 1857 patented cast lower chord connection. Deck beams on this and two other existing Beckel ponytruss cast- and wrought-iron bridges fabricated from cast rather than wrought-iron. " [HAER_data]

The adjective "high-truss" is important because there are some pony-truss bridges by Beckel. Specifically, the Old Mill Bridge below.

HAER PA,48-HELLT,3--12
DETAIL VIEW OF LOWER CHORD CASTING - Walnut Street Bridge, Formerly spanning Saucon Creek, Hellertown, Northampton County, PA

1858-2018 Meadows Road Bridge

LowerSauconTownship
"Stone arch bridge construction predates the covered bridges and was the only technology available to the early settlers for longer and permanent spans prior to the introduction of metal truss bridge technology....Today the bridge is the oldest bridge in Lower Saucon Township and one of the oldest stone bridges in Northampton County. By the 1860's the Northampton County switched to building primarily iron span bridges."

2008 photo via BridgeHunter_1858

Street View, Aug 2016

Street View, Jul 2019

mcall
"Construction continues Thursday, March 13, 2025, on the Meadows Road Bridge in Lower Saucon Township, which could open in June 2026. The span will replace the historic four-arched Meadows Road Bridge built in 1858, which was closed in 2018, when a 4-foot hole developed in its center, and then torn down about four years after that. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)"

1867 Old Mill Road Bridge

Street View, Jul 2024

2017 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley via BridgeHunter_1867, cropped

"Significance: One of two existing pony-truss spans built by the Beckel Foundry. Both used variations of Francis C. Lowthorp's 23 June 1857 and 13 March 18 60 patented cast lower-chord connections. The Old Mill and the Walnut Street [earlier in these notes] bridges incorporate unusual cast-iron beams to support decks." [HAER_data]

"The Old Mill Road Bridge differs from the Walnut Street Bridge in terms of member design. While the Walnut Street Bridge has circular-shaped members, the Old Mill Road Bridge has octagonal shaped members. Further, the cast iron top chord connection boxes on the Old Mill Road Bridge have a beautiful decorative flower shaped design on their faces. Also, unlike the Walnut Street Bridge, the Old Mill Road Bridge features a more traditional bottom chord consisting of eyebars connected by a pin. The Old Mill Road Bridge retains its cast iron floorbeams, however modern floorbeams were added below the original floorbeams. The pier at the center of the bridge is apparently the original stone pier encased in concrete." [HistoricBridges_1867]

HAER PA,48-HELLT,2--5
VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST SHOWING WEST SIDE DETAIL OF BRIDGE - Old Mill Road Bridge, Spanning Saucon Creek, Old Mill Road, Hellertown, Northampton County, PA

$3.2b Storm Water Diversion from Red River Around Fargo, ND

Target for completion is 2027.

8:52 video @ 4:27

C&O Canal Locks #21 (Swains), #22 (Pennyfield) & #23 (Violettes) and Dam #2

#21: (Satellite)

#22: (Satellite)

#23: (Satellite)

Inlet Lock: (Satellite)

Dam #2: (Satellite)

C&O Canal Overview

Lock #21 (Swains)

Metrotrails posted

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Swains Lock, lock 21, Montgomery County Maryland. The lock was also once known as Oak Spring Lock, for a spring in the hillside to the east. 

The stone lock house originally looked more similar to others in the area, but the upstream side was removed and extended upon, probably after one of the big floods.

Jesse Swain was lock tender here when the canal closed in 1924. Members of the Swain had worked on the canal from its early construction right up to its 21st century closure.

Lauren Hunter, Nov 2021

Lock #22 (Pennyfield)

Alex PennCove Tucker, Oct 2020

Mike Rafatjah, May 2024

Jeffrey Scott, Oct 2022

Lock #23 (Violettes)

Metrotrails posted

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Inlet Lock 2, adjacent to Lock 23 (to the left), also known as Violette's Lock, Montgomery County Maryland.

The lock takes its name from Alfred "Alf" Violette, last lock tender in the operating period of the canal until 1924. His wife Kate was lock tender in 1938 when the property was in receivership, probably just as property caretaker.

This area was temporarily the head of navigation on the canal, and was named Rushville for Richard Rush, one time Secretary of Treasury, whose work helped the canal financially.

A frame lock house built in 1930 stood on the berm side but burned in 1930. There was another reportedly log lock house in 1939. Uncertain if it was another pre-existing structure perhaps for the inlet lock.

The canal below the lock was restored and rewatered by the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1938 to 42, although some sections have deteriorated.

 Also here was Dam #2, now just rubble remnants. It provided water to some 17 miles of canal downstream, as well as a river lock for smaller craft to navigate through this part of the river. 

Even though the dam is in ruins, it still creates a slack water pool about five feet deep upstream.

This shows the relationship between Lock #23 and the Inlet Lock. The Potomac River is in the lower-left corner.

Satellite

Sashi, Jun 2020

New York Lower Manhattan $4b or more Flood Protection

I've seen information about storm protection being done further north on the east side of Manhattan, but now I can't find that info.

The official name of the project is Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency. 

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In addition to flood walls and gates, the project includes a pumping station and sewer work.

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Economic Development Corporation
The video below provided a figure of $4b. The source says $5b to $7b.

Economic Development Corporation

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1922 Old Paper Mill Road and 1923 Warren Road Bridges over Loch Raven Reservoir near Cockeysville, MD

Paper Mill: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Warren: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter couldn't find; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

1822+2001 Paper Mill Bridges

"Built 1922; bypassed 2000; rehabilitated in 1968 and again as historic landmark in 2007" [ArchivedBridgeHunter_paper]

Street View, Jun 2012

BridgeHunter_paper, Wikimedia Commons

BridgeHunter_paper

BridgeHunter_paper

BridgeHunter_paper

1923 Warren Bridge

South Portal:

Street View, Jul 2024

North Portal:

Street View, Jul 2024

BridgeHunter_warren, 2015 photo by David McCardell via BridgeHunter_warren

HistoricBridges

Michael Cheek posted

The Warren Road Bridge in Cockeysville, Maryland viewed while I was kayaking at Loch Raven Reservoir. 

This bridge, constructed in 1922, is a three span, Parker Through Truss that carriers Warren Road over Loch Raven Reservoir. Unfortunately, this bridge is in poor condition, and many residents have expressed concern over its deterioration. The design work for a replacement bridge is advancing, but funding for construction has not been secured.