Like a long urban canyon stretching between walls of brick, the Kingsbury line is seen full length here, as it winds its way from Grand Avenue to the Wards building four blocks north at Chicago (top left). Only one of the four tracks still operates south of Grand to serve Hoppe Foundry and Kirchheimer Brothers (right), a paper bag supplier. To the left is Wallace Press where two boxcars are spotted on a spur in the street.
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