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KevinFromTexas

Apr 19, 2020 9:16 PM

KevinFromTexas

Apr 29, 2020 5:38 AM

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KevinFromTexas

Oct 26, 2022 12:59 AM

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In 1953, the biggest vessel to travel the Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway (at the time) managed to wind its way downtown on the Chicago River.

This steel hull behemoth was nearly 634 feet long (193m) and 70 feet wide (21.3m) and according to a Chicago Tribune account, the freighter had only seven inches of clearance on each side at Van Buren Street.

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/wp-...o-river-1.webp
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MplsTodd

Oct 26, 2022 7:06 PM

^ That’s amazing!!! Thanks for posting.

KevinFromTexas

Oct 26, 2022 9:02 PM

I'm not sure if it still is, but that ship was still in operation as of 2011, though, it had been modified and renamed.

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