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Brake beam department
Chicago Railway Equipment Company : [souvenir album, 1893-1908]

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Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.

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Title
Brake beam department
Description
Caption: "Brake Beam Department--South". The Chicago Railway Equipment Company was established in 1887, and in its first twenty years of operation it produced and sold over six million brake beams. (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2387.html. ) Photograph is included in section on company's Detroit facility.
Date
1908  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagorailwayeq00chic_0153.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagorailwayeq00chic#page/134/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagorailwayeq00chic
Subject
  • Factories  
  • Railroads  
Coverage-Temporal
1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
Chicago Railway Equipment Company : [souvenir album, 1893-1908]  
Author of the Book
Chicago Railway Equipment Co.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleBrake beam department
DescriptionCaption: "Brake Beam Department--South". The Chicago Railway Equipment Company was established in 1887, and in its first twenty years of operation it produced and sold over six million brake beams. (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2387.html. ) Photograph is included in section on company's Detroit facility.
Date1908  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagorailwayeq00chic_0153.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagorailwayeq00chic#page/134/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagorailwayeq00chic
Subject
  • Factories  
  • Railroads  
Coverage-Temporal1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book TitleChicago Railway Equipment Company : [souvenir album, 1893-1908]  
Author of the BookChicago Railway Equipment Co.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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