File:Chicago Transit Authority Orange Line Train on the loop.jpg
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From Wikipedia: The Loop (historically Union Loop from multiple entities owned by transit baron Charles Tyson Yerkes, including two that began with the word Union) is the name given to the two mile circuit of elevated railroad that forms the hub of the 'L' rapid transit system in Chicago, Illinois. The Loop is so named because the railroad loops around a rectangle formed by Lake Street (north side), Wabash Avenue (east), Van Buren Street (south), and Wells Street (west). The surrounding area is also known as The Loop. Numerous accounts assert that the use of this term predates the elevated railroad, deriving from the multiple cable car turntables, or loops, that terminated in the district, and especially those of two lines that shared a loop, constructed in 1882, bounded by Madison, Wabash, State, and Lake.[1] However, transportation historian Bruce Moffat, after extensive research of the issue, concluded that "the Loop" was not used as a proper noun until after Yerkes's 1895–97 construction of the elevated hub. |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Laurence's Pictures at https://flickr.com/photos/25517423@N06/3396240841. It was reviewed on 13 June 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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