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Photographer: Sean Flynn
Taken: November 18, 2023
Caption: Civic Opera Building, view from the Chicago River
Additional Description: The building is sometimes known as Insull's Throne, a reference to the man who commissioned it, utilities magnate Samuel Insull, and a design that looks a lot like a chair overlooking the Chicago River. In the foreground is the Christopher Wheatley, Chicago's fire boat, which was passing the opera house when this photo was taken from the water taxi stop across the river. The boat has four water cannons, operates all year long and can break ice on the river if needed. It is named after a Chicago firefighter who died in the line of duty in 2010 at a restaurant about a third of a mile west of this location.
Submitted: November 19, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
Database Locator Identification Number: p760920
File Size: 0.179 Megabytes

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