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1. The industrial and factory section along the south branch of the Chicago drainage canal
The industrial and factory section along the south branch of the Chicago drainage canal
Description
Looking northeast from about 30th Street are the railroads, draw bridges, decks, etc. The "loop" (business district) and Lake Michigan are seen in the distance. Land fronting the canal is especially valuable for industrial purposes, because of the opportunity it affords for shipping "goods" by boat on the Great Lakes and on the ocean.
2. Boston, Massachusetts, looking north
Boston, Massachusetts, looking north
Description
The main business section is seen just to the left of the center. The harbor and outlying residential districts are well shown. Boston harbor (and, indeed, most harbors on the east coast of North America) was originally formed by the subsidence of the land and the "drowning" of stream valleys--thus forming navigable bays.
3. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description
The Delaware River and the docks and railroad terminals of the Philadelphia and Reading railway, looking east.
4. Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Description
The main business section, (the "loop"), Michigan Boulevard, and Grant Park, looking northwest.
5. Philadelphia, looking west from the Delaware River toward main business section
Philadelphia, looking west from the Delaware River toward main business section
6. Boston Bay, looking north from Weymouth, Massachusetts
Boston Bay, looking north from Weymouth, Massachusetts
Description
Drumlins, left when the great ice-sheet melted, are seen rising above the waters of the bay. In the Pleistocene epoch (the last geologic epoch before the present time) most of the northern and eastern North America was covered by a great glacier, similar to the one which now covers Greenland.
7. The main business section of Boston, Massachusetts, looking east, toward Boston Bay
The main business section of Boston, Massachusetts, looking east, toward Boston Bay
8. San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
Description
San Francisco is one of our most important ports. Forty-one modern piers, fifteen miles of berthing space, and 144 miles of spur trackage are required to handle the tremendous cargoes which annually pass through this port. (Pictures of San Francisco may be found in National Geographic--1932, Volume 61, page 400--January-June. Also page 424).
9. San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
Description
The northeast part of the business district. The Oakland ferry "slips" are seen at the left. Warehouses and docks fringe the mainland to the right. Golden Gate is dimly seen in the distance.
10. New York City, Manhattan Island, Hudson River, Hoboken, and Jersey City
New York City, Manhattan Island, Hudson River, Hoboken, and Jersey City
Description
Looking north, the docks, and Wall Street district are prominent. The fact that the earth's surface in the northeastern United States has lately subsided beneath sea-level accounts for New York City's splendid harbor. Deep stream valleys were, in this way, "drowned"--thus forming navigable bays.
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