Marquette Commemorative Relief - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 50.529 W 087° 40.522
16T E 443929 N 4632471
Relief of Jacques Marquette and an Native American in a wooded landscape, on a vertical concrete structure planted on the northeast end of the Damen Ave. bridge over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal.
Waymark Code: WM8R9M
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2010
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The plaque below the relief says:
James Marquette
French priest of the Society of Jesus
on his mission to the Illinois Indians
spent here the winter of 1674-1675.
His journal first brought to the world's
attention the advantages of soil, climate
and transportation facilities in the Miss-
issippi Valley and Great Lakes Basin.
Erected by City of Chicago
William Hale Thompson, Mayor
Anno Domini MCMXXX
The site is industrial now and the large memorial is a bit forlorn.
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1930
Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]
Where is this sculpture?:
on the northeast end of the Damen Ave. bridge over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal
Chicago, IL USA
Sculptors Name: Seidel, E. P., sculptor.
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