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1963 Map of Sag Bridge

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Sag Bridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

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The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Illinois and Michigan Canal dominate this mid-century landscape, threading through a complex corridor of industry, preservation, and institutional land use. On the western edge, the Argonne National Laboratory Reservation stands as a massive research installation, complete with its own Meteorology Tower. Adjacent to the waterways, the small settlement of Sag Bridge serves as a historic crossing point near several extensive wetlands like Saganashkee Slough and Bull Frog Lake within the Palos Forest Preserve.

Evidence of the region's spiritual and social history is prominent in the numerous religious institutions and burial grounds, including St Marys Seminary, Our Lady of Victory Convent, and the sprawling Mount Vernon Memorial Park (Cemetery). To the north, the City of Chicago Correction Farm and the village of Willow Springs reflect the expansion of Cook County's suburban and civic infrastructure during the early 1970s revision period.