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Pencil and colored pencil plan of Chicago street grid and angled docks at the Calumet River mouth, with a compass rose and handwritten title.

Sketch Diagram of Docks at the Mouth of the Calumet River, Chicago, 1909

A pencil and colored-pencil plan on paper showing a river mouth with a grid of city streets to the upper left and rows of angled slip docks projecting into the water. Red and blue lines mark rail and water routes, and a compass rose sits near the lower center beneath a handwritten title.

Artist
Daniel Hudson Burnham
Date
1909
Medium
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1333 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1909).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, On permanent loan to The Art Institute of Chicago from the City of Chicago