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104th and Harvard
Posted by:
trafficway
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Date: May 03, 2012 02:48PM
Does anyone know what the large facility shown below on Google Maps is? In case the link doesn't work, it's just to the East of the railroad tracks, at 104th and Harvard. It appears to be some sort of City of Chicago facility, as evidenced by the "Y"-device on the front door. There also appears to be a large, more modern annex to the South. A pumping station of some kind, perhaps?
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=350+West+104th+Street,+Chicago,+IL&hl=en&ll=41.705464,-87.631749&spn=0.002099,0.003878&sll=41.705232,-87.633262&sspn=0.008394,0.015514&oq=350+West+104th+Street,+Chicago,+IL&t=h&hnear=350+W+104th+St,+Chicago,+Illinois+60628&z=18
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=350+West+104th+Street,+Chicago,+IL&hl=en&ll=41.705464,-87.631749&spn=0.002099,0.003878&sll=41.705232,-87.633262&sspn=0.008394,0.015514&oq=350+West+104th+Street,+Chicago,+IL&t=h&hnear=350+W+104th+St,+Chicago,+Illinois+60628&z=18
Re: 104th and Harvard
Posted by:
WayOutWardell
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Date: May 03, 2012 03:16PM
You are right, it's the Roseland Pumping Station. Here's a postcard view:
[url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/lakecou02z/id/975/rec/38]Roseland Pumping Station Postcard[/url]
[url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/lakecou02z/id/975/rec/38]Roseland Pumping Station Postcard[/url]
Re: 104th and Harvard
Posted by:
trafficway
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Date: May 03, 2012 04:00PM
Great; thanks for the quick reply! That's a great view, with the locomotive backed up to the loading dock.
Re: 104th and Harvard
Posted by:
celticjunker1
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Date: May 11, 2012 11:15AM
I believe this is the same "pump" where we went swimming. There was a really small old firehouse around the corner from it on 104th pl. or 105th.
