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McCormick Works
1900
View across river towards the McCormick Works. Railroad cars are on railroad tracks near the factory buildings. Stacks of lumber are stacked in front of the railroad cars. A man is walking on a pat...
McCormick Reaper Works Wood Stock Yard
1900
Workers loading and unloading wood at the wood stock yard of the McCormick Reaper Works. Men are working on both sides of the Chicago River. Rail cars and wagons piled with lumber are parked on the...
Factory Building near Water, No. 5855
View across water towards factory building at McCormick Works. Railroad cars are in the yard in front of the building.
McCormick Works Dock and Stock Yard
1900
View across water towards a boat called "The Imperial" moored along the dock at the McCormick Reaper Works. The boat is loaded with freight. In the background are the factory grounds, including bui...
Boat at Barge Terminal near McCormick Works
February 28, 1935
An Island Waterways Corporation boat docks by the North Pier River Barge Terminal near the McCormick Works (factory).
McCormick Reaper Works from Branch of Chicago River
1900
McCormick Reaper Works, as seen from across the west fork of the south branch of the Chicago River. There are stacks of lumber in the foreground, and railroad box cars on the opposite shoreline nea...
