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Dredging on the Rock River was not an unusual sight in the late 1890s. There are two people in a small boat in the lower portion.The barge and the boat are both by a trestle bridge. The floating dredging barge seen in this photograph was probably in…

This photograph was taken looking north from a bluff on the west side of the Rock River. The Chicago & Iowa Railway tracks are in the foreground. The Illinois Central Railroad trestle bridge appears in the background with the National Sugar and Syrup…

It is unclear if this large trestle bridge is over the Rock River or Kishwaukee River. It does not appear to be one of the railroad bridges that crossed the Rock River close to the Fordham Dam. This bridge may not be in existence currently. …