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Originally built by ALCO as a model RSD-1 in 1944 and exported to the USSR. The ALCO RSD-1 is a diesel-electric locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO). This model was a road switcher type rated at 1,000 horsepower (750 kW) and rode on three-axle trucks , having a C-C wheel arrangement.
The North Side is defined for this article as the area west of Lake Michigan, north of North Avenue (1600 N.), and east of the Chicago River — plus the area north of Fullerton Avenue going west of the River and north to the Chicago city limits.
North Avenue is a major east–west street in Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs. Starting at St. Charles 's eastern border with West Chicago , its name changes from Main Street to North Avenue, just east of the Kane / DuPage county line.
This boarded up example of classical-revival architecture stands prominently at the intersection of N. Pulaski/North Avenue. The building was dubbed "Chicago's most beautiful bank" upon its completion in 1926. [1] The Pioneer Trust and Savings Bank (former) is an abandoned historic Classical revival bank building and Chicago Landmark located at ...
A fire during the evening of June 1, 1987 that gutted the company's warehouse and adjacent headquarters at 8311 W. North Avenue in Melrose Park put the company in financial straits, and the death a year later of 71-year-old CEO Sol Polk sent it spiraling downward.
Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west street in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs.It is 1200 South in the city's street numbering system, but [a] only 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Madison Street.
1958 West North Avenue is a building in the Wicker Park neighborhood of West Town, Chicago, located at its "Six Corners" of the intersections of Damen Avenue, North Avenue, and Milwaukee Avenue. Built in the 1870s, it had a corner turret , cornice, and mansard roof prior to the 1960s. [ 1 ]
The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th (1100 south in the street numbering system) or Roosevelt Road (1200 south), depending on the source, and Randolph Streets (150 north) and named after the nearby Lake Michigan.