Blower House

Blower House is a pumping station in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Blower House is situated nearby to Webster Avenue Bridge, as well as near Ashland Avenue North Branch Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ashland Avenue North Branch Bridge and Clybourn station.

Ashland Avenue North Branch Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Marcin Wichary, CC BY 2.0.

Clybourn station

Railway station

Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Clybourn is a railroad station in Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific North Line and Union Pacific Northwest Line. It is located at 2001 North Ashland Avenue and is the first station north of Ogilvie Transportation Center. Clybourn station is situated 1,600 feet south of Blower House.

St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St. Josaphat is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 2311 North Southport Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It is a prime example of the so-called 'Polish Cathedral style' of church in both its opulence and grand scale. St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Blower House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bucktown and Wicker Park.

Bucktown

Neighborhood

Photo: Eric Fischer, CC BY 2.0.

Bucktown is a neighborhood.

Wicker Park

Photo: Victorgrigas, Public domain.

Wicker Park is the vanguard of music, nightlife, and fashion in Chicago. This article also includes the sly, enjoyable Ukrainian Village, immediately south, and pieces of the greater West Town area.

RANCH Triangle

Neighborhood

RANCH Triangle is a small neighborhood within Lincoln Park, Chicago. The word is an acronym composed of the boundaries of the neighborhood: Racine, Armitage, North, Chicago, and Halsted.

Blower House

Type: Pumping station
Categories: building and industry
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.92131° or 41° 55′ 17″ north

Longitude

-87.66831° or 87° 40′ 6″ west

Operator

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Open location code

86HJW8CJ+GM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 360772979

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=pumping_station

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Webster Avenue Bridge and Webster Wildlife Site.

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