Posted Oct 26, 2022, 12:59 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Austin <------------> Birmingham?
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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.
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https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/mar...1_ll5E-w3V6br8
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