Amon Carter print details

Water Flowing through Butterfly Dam, Lockport, Illinois

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1907-1932

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Fred Harvey Trading Co.

    Printed by Detroit Publishing Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 9/16 x 5 9/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. to l.c. printed: H-1553. WATER FLOWING THROUGH BUTTERFLY DAM, LOCKPORT, ILLINOIS. C [circled]

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: [logo] FRED \ HARVEY

    u.l. to c. printed: Butterfly Dam at Lockport, the end of the \ Chicago Drainage Canal is 28 miles from Chicago. \ The length of the completed main channel is 28 \ miles. The right of way approximates 6,500 \ acres and cost nearly $2,500,000.00. The entire \ cost of the canal was over $30,000,000.00. By \ use of the drainage canal the current of the Chicago \ River is reversed and the pure water of Lake \ Michigan dilutes with its enormous volume and \ active flow the sewage of the city of Chicago, and \ bears it away in harmless form.

    l.c. printed [along left edge]: C [circled] H.H. CARTER

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.713

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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