We have just received a framed photo from the CA&E (car 419, to be exact) generously donated by Robert Campbell, who is moving out of state. He acquired it while the car was on the scrap line in 1962 and other cars were being burned. It's in very good condition, compared to others I've seen. We truly appreciate this historic gift. And the floor is now open for guesses as to the location.Remember, if you have historic railroad artifacts, IRM can always provide them a good home!
Robert Campbell? Any relation to the late George Campbell of NSL fame?
ReplyDeleteThis is just a shot in the dark, but could it be the Fabyan Japanese Garden?
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Interesting! Another shot-in-the-dark possibility is the Geneva mill race; there's a three-span masonry bridge at the south end just north of the C&NW although it looks very different than the one in the photo.
ReplyDeleteLook at the small lantern shaped thing off to the right of the bridge in the original photo.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't that look similar to the white cement structure near the Fabyan garden bridge? (in the Winter Walks 2011 photo)
If you look towards the Fox river that too would be to the right of the bridge.
Oh and where did the CGW cross the Fox? I wonder if that could be the masonry bridge in the background.
ReplyDeleteOK, now I'm going back to my work!
Google to the rescue - I Googled "stone bridges Chicago" and the fifth result looks like a winner, I believe. It's the Jackson Park Lagoon bridge located just south of the Museum of Science and Industry; the small footbridge in the foreground appears to still be there (or else a replacement is) and is part of the Japanese Garden on the "Wooded Isle" from the Columbian Exposition.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the responses. I too had thought about Fabyan's, but the garden is farther from the river, and the river is wider. I like Frank's suggestion of Jackson Park, but company employees are ineligible to win the valuable prizes.
ReplyDeleteRobert Campbell suggested Fullerton Woods near Hinsdale, and Ed Allen suggested bridle paths along North Ave. that were constructed when the road was widened.
Apart from the famous windmill, most of these pictures are not in obvious locations. And they're never labeled. Maybe the idea was to keep passengers busy arguing amongst themselves?
I agree. Osaka Garden on Wooded Island. I spent more time than I should have at work this afternoon looking for this - and didn't find it until the "hint" that's been posted. See the picture at:
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or - if that doesn't work - its pic 8 of 11
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http://www.yelp.com/biz/osaka-garden-chicago
You can see both bridges in the photo.
sorry for the long urls
bob
Bingo! That's got to be it. Thanks, guys, that didn't take long!
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