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McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum in Chicago, Illinois
McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum in Chicago, Illinois
When you walk along the Chicago Riverwalk between May and October, you may stumble across a bridgehouse that is actually open to the public. This would be the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum, located in the southwest tower of the Michigan Ave Bridge.  The Friends of the Chicago River opened the museum in this 5-story tower in 2006. The ground floor contains the gear room, which contain the massive gears and weights that lift the bridge a couple times per week. The remaining floors are dedicated to exhibits on the history and impact of the Chicago River, such as native wildlife in the watershed, and how the river's flow was reversed in 1900.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:15 PM
handhyorkshire.bsky.social
industry in Haworth was the production of worsted yarn and cloth. The work was mainly carried out in factories, such as Bridgehouse Mills (below), situated on the Bridgehouse Beck. (Images Adobe Images) #Brontë #Haworth #WorkingClass
The village in the image is Haworth, located in West Yorkshire, England, which has a rich industrial history tied to the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution. From the late 18th and 19th centuries, Haworth rapidly developed as a centre for the production of worsted yarn and cloth. The first water-powered textile mill was built in 1790 along the River Worth and Bridgehouse Beck. Rapid Growth and Conditions: The expanding industry led to a massive increase in demand for housing, resulting in the high-density housing visible today. The village became crowded and polluted, with a high death rate and poor sanitation, conditions famously highlighted in a report commissioned by Patrick Brontë in 1850.
January 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
handhyorkshire.bsky.social
The Haworth of the Brontës and the one of today were very different. It was a working village with unhealthy and insanitary conditions together a low life expectancy. Even in the 1870s it is described. as consisting ‘chiefly of a steep narrow street of poor houses’ The main
The village in the image is Haworth, located in West Yorkshire, England, which has a rich industrial history tied to the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution. From the late 18th and 19th centuries, Haworth rapidly developed as a centre for the production of worsted yarn and cloth. The first water-powered textile mill was built in 1790 along the River Worth and Bridgehouse Beck. Rapid Growth and Conditions: The expanding industry led to a massive increase in demand for housing, resulting in the high-density housing visible today. The village became crowded and polluted, with a high death rate and poor sanitation, conditions famously highlighted in a report commissioned by Patrick Brontë in 1850.
January 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
tracelarkhall.bsky.social
A little moment in the life of a livery company clerk in 1599: went to the Bridgehouse to collect the company's wheat, got compensated for 'his apparell being spoiled with meale ever sithence'.

"That's my best coat you've ruined!"
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
smartboards.bsky.social
Vidett Acquires Corporate Governance Firm Bridgehouse

https://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/vidett-acquires-corporate-governance-firm-bridgehouse/
Vidett Acquires Corporate Governance Firm Bridgehouse
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social
On the right is visible part of the roller rink at Riverview Park. The four smokestacks in the distance visible (behind the bridgehouse) were part of the Commonwealth Edison coal-fired generating station on California Ave.
mwrdgc.bsky.social Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago @mwrdgc.bsky.social · Dec 18
Historical Photo of the Day: The North Branch of the Chicago River, looking north towards the Belmont Avenue bridge, showing boats and a shipyard on May 27, 1920. The MWRD completed construction in 1926. Learn about the work of the #MWRD on our YouTube channel 📽⬇️
youtu.be/__yXMrBYek4
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The North Branch of the Chicago River, looking north towards the Belmont Avenue bridge, showing boats and a shipyard in the foreground on May 27, 1920. The MWRD completed construction in 1926. Learn about the work of the #MWRD on our YouTube channel 📽⬇️ https://youtu.be/__yXMrBYek4 🏗💧💩🧪🧫🔬🌊🌞
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
posts-cards.bsky.social
wait it has literally always been my (undoubtedly misguided) dream to live in a bridgehouse, i'm 100% going to stay in one of these
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Yeah: my most unpleasant experiences were in 1980s Havering, including having a glass ashtray hurled at me as a frisbee (The Bridgehouse Pub,
Upminster). Go Nintendo.
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
matta7.bsky.social
My old neighbourhood!
Great to see these improvements.
The Waterway or The Bridgehouse (both nearby) are watering holes where you are bound to come upon fellow urbanists (or was the case back when I lived there). Lovely settings for both.
October 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
rogersparkman.bsky.social
Today is the 154th anniversary of the end of the Great Chicago Fire, and the beginning of Chicago’s “Regeneration,” the title of this sculpture by Henry Hering on SE Du Sable Bridge bridgehouse at Michigan & Wacker. The I Will Maiden personified Chicago’s energy. We will need that energy again soon.
Bas relief sculpture showing the I Will Maiden, a Greek Goddess of sorts, in armor, a cape, and flowing skirt; in one hand she holds rolled up blueprints for, presumably, new buildings; other hand wields a carpenter’s square. She has a tiara on as well; she treads on an unhappy dragon (the Fire?) beneath her sandals. She is flanked on each side by muscular tradesmen rebuilding the city. See first picture alt text. Closeup of the I Will Maiden.
October 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
evbogue.com
they're doing some kind of construction to the western bridgehouse. they had a barge under there earlier, now it's docked north of there.
September 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
microbialschoolbus.bsky.social
Visited the Bridgehouse Chicago River Museum the other day. This is a unique little museum in the bridge tower of the Dearborn street bridge. I took my microbiology class so they could learn about the history and ecology of the Chicago River and its reversal.
September 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
rogersparkman.bsky.social
We will need the spirit of the I Will Maiden (personifying Chicago’s energy to rebuild after the Great Fire) to restore American democracy sometime soon. The carpenter’s square she wields is a metaphor for getting the job done properly. @backwardsriver.bsky.social @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
View of the SE Bridgehouse on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue Bridge, formally called the Du Sable Bridge. Sculpture by Henry Hering (1928) depicts an idealized woman, like a Greek goddess, the I Will Maiden. “I Will” (rebuild, etc.) was the immediate Chicago boosterists’ response to the Fire, and the I Will Maiden became an icon. Instead of a sword, she wields a carpenter’s square, a tool used in framing buildings. Above her is an angel. On either side, men working to rebuild Chicago.
September 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
uchicagopress.bsky.social
Calling all #Chicago #fish fans! Thursday, Sept. 18, at 5:15 PM, join Frank Veraldi, Steve Pescitelli & Phil Willink, coauthors of Fishes of the Chicago Region: A Field Guide, for a #happyhour #booktalk at McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum w/ Friends of the Chicago River. buff.ly/10NQq9k
Event flyer for a September 18 book talk for "Friends of the Chicago River: A Field Guide" hosted by the Friends of the Chicago River at the Bridgehouse Museum, featuring a photo of a fish. https://www.chicagoriver.org/events/fishes-of-the-chicago-region-happy-hour-speaker-series
September 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
g-x-m.bsky.social
Rails to Navy Pier existed on the north bank of the Chicago River since 1853, serving passenger depots & many industrial/commercial goods from wholesale produce, city’s first hog packinghouse, Kraft Cheese, McCormick reaper works, Curtiss Candy, Sun-Times & Tribune — the rails’ final client in 2000.
illustration of the McCormick reaper works along the Chicago River in 1867, east of the Rush Street Bridge, 4 years before they were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire. c. 1940s archival photo of Carroll Avenue rail spur near State Street; street viaduct seen in background, with Mather Tower and London Guarantee buildings further away archival photo of Kraft Cheese Company manufacturing plant with wooden water tower along the Chicago River, with Wrigley Building and Michigan Avenue bridgehouse in background 1990s photo of a Hayes bumper at the end of Carroll Avenue rail spur near Wabash Avenue - Kinzie Street which turns into Lower North Water Street is seen in background.
August 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
sunday-brunch1012.bsky.social
Interesting #Dorset Fact No324

Telly Savalas bought the Bridgehouse Hotel in Ferndown with the money paid him for his role as Blofelt in Bond's 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' for $1million.
August 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
ladynade.bsky.social
🚨BBC Proms!❤️
🎉TIMINGS announced!📻
Lady Nade Bristol Beacon
Bridgehouse (Beacon Foyer)

Get down early to secure a spot, support a fabulous selection of independent artists including yours truly on at 4:30-5pm! accompanied by five of Bristol’s finest musicians! 💙

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August 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
scotdowser.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy
Just 10 days to go before my EE2 'Understanding Geopathic Stress' weekend course in West Lothian. There's still time to grab your place, but please do so before Monday 18 so I can get student packs and certificates printed. 🙏
https://westerngeomancy.org/product/ee2-bridgehouse/
House Healing part 1 - Understanding Geopathic Stress (EE2) | Western Geomancy
These courses are approved by the British Society of Dowsers and come with a comprehensive resource pack and BSD certificate. Venue: Bridgehouse Village Hall, West Lothian EH48 3DN Price does not include lunches - please bring your own. The courses run from 10.00 – 16.30 each day. Early Bird discount…
westerngeomancy.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
xrlewisham.bsky.social
CLIMATE CAFE

This Saturday 16 August 11 am - 1 pm
Bridgehouse Gardens, 61 Rollins Street London SE15 1EP

Free, and all welcome, but please book:
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Climate Cafe
Welcome to our empathetic space to explore your feelings about the climate crisis: a loosely structured sharing circle, over a cuppa! :)
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August 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
grannywenlock.bsky.social
You can buy my book from the publisher Bridgehouse… if you have my book already then check out other books available from them. All great books by amazing writers.

www.bridgehousepublishing.co.uk/index.php/bu...
August 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
stevevance.net
quality Bascule bridge content from the Chicago Bridgehouse Museum
July 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
lyssuh95.bsky.social
ping tom memorial park in chinatown is really pretty usually quiet the times i've been there. the mccormick bridgehouse is sick too (u get to see all the gears and shit the moveable bridges use)
July 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
lesleyphillipsart.bsky.social
Monmouth
Bridgehouse at Monmouth
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
bohnen-eule.bsky.social
A house inside a bridge. In the future, I will draw the bridgehouse from the outside.

#art #digitalart #artcommunity #smallartist #oc #illustration #artistofbluesky #fantasy #fantasyart #inside #conceptart #conceptartist #sketchbook #sketchart #architecture #urban #plant #glass #イラスト #silhouettes
July 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
oishii-hamuchan.bsky.social
ふかふかのスコーンが美味しくてお気に入りです☺︎

🪿🫖 BridgeHouse
June 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM