Loading a dirt train at the North Shore Channel near Bowmanville, showing an engine and two cars

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Title: Loading a dirt train at the North Shore Channel near Bowmanville, showing an engine and two cars Description: View of a crane loading a dirt train at the North Shore Channel near Bowmanville in Chicago, Illinois. This image shows an engine and two cars, with the crane lowering dirt into the second car. Once completed, the channel branched north from the North Branch of the Chicago River around West Foster Avenue, and ran north through Evanston, Illinois, draining into Lake Michigan at the Wilmette, Illinois, harbor. Date Depicted: 1909 Creator: Chicago Daily News, Inc. Creator Role: photographer Physical Format: glass negatives Extent: 4 x 5 in. Copyright Notice: No Known Copyright Credit Line: DN-0054510, Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History Museum Accession Number: 1960.784 Acquisition Source: Gift of Field Enterprises, Inc. Collection Type: Prints & Photographs - Chicago Daily News Storage Location: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum Catalog Record ID: 100882 Max Pixels - Width: 498 Max Pixels - Height: 395 Help improve this content