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Chicago, IL city

file photograph construction

A caisson top which was recently installed

Connected to MoMo in Chicago

1,920 × 2,560 px·3.40 MB·JPEG·637-767-017

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JPEG
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1,920 × 2,560 px
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3,568,826 bytes
Author line
B. Victor Adams
Medium
photograph
Category
construction
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A caisson top which was recently installed