THE SOUTHEAST CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Images in the collection -- Subject SCH Industry, grain elevators

East Side - Panoramic View

 c1912. View of East Side Albert Schwill Plant located at 103rd and Avenue C. Part of a set of five images. Shown in the foreground is a dirt road, currently Indianapolis Boulevard. Also in view is Gallistel School (center right). In center background are Keystone Grain Elevator and mills along the Calumet River.

Subject: SCH_East_Side; SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Industry,_grain_elevators; SCH_Streets; SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; SCH_East_Side; SCH_Industry,_Schwill_Company; SCH_Industry,_grain_elevators; SCH_Streets; SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; Format: Photograph (all forms)

East Side - Panoramic View

 View of East Side from Albert Schwill Plant located at 103rd and Avenue C. Part of a set of five images. Shown in foreground is dirt road, currently Indianapolis Boulevard. Also in view at center is Bethlehem Lutheran Church, at right center is St. Francis De Sales Church and School, and grain elevators along the Calumet River.

Subject: SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; SCH_Streets; SCH_Industry,_grain_elevators; SCH_East_Side; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Industry - Irondale Elevator

 Tug W. L. Mercereau in Rock Island Slip on the west side of the Calumet River just south of 108th Street. Irondale Elevator in background. Slip was later filled in after purchase by Wisconsin Steel for expansion c1915.

Subject: SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; SCH_South_Deering; SCH_Industry,_grain_elevators; Wisconsin_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Waterways - Aerial Photographs of Port District at Lake Calumet

 Waterways - Aerial Photographs of Port District at Lake Calumet

Subject: SCH_Industry,_grain_elevators; SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Waterways - Calumet River at 106th Street

 c1915. View of 106th and Calumet River looking NE from west bank of the river. 106th Street swing bridge is in view as well as Keystone elevator on East Side of the river.

Subject: SCH_Waterways,_Lake_Calumet; SCH_Industry,_grain_elevators; SCH_East_Side; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Waterways - Industrial Scene Along Calumet River

 View of ore boats, Railto grain elevator (built in 1902) and the flour mill along the Calumet River slip at approximately 104th Street. This later became the site of General Mills South Chicago Plant. c1915

Subject: SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; SCH_Transportation; SCH_Industry,_grain_elevators; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Waterways - Ships Unloading at Port District at Lake Calumet

 Waterways - Ships Unloading at Port District at Lake Calumet

Subject: SCH_Industry,_grain_elevators; SCH_Transportation; SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; SCH_Waterways,_Lake_Calumet; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

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