These are all broken--presumably the whole ones have long since been salvaged and sold to re-sellers (there's a big market for common Chicago brick--for example www.chicagobrick.net/ is in Florida, where they brag "We specialize in importing the best quality Antique Chicago Brick from the windy city." These are from the Barr Brick Company in Streator.
More on Chicago brickyard history here
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1031.html
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In a front yard in Channahon, Illinois.
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I'm always a sucker for a nice clock. Morris, Illinois.
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Just because there's a Flickr group for water towers with town names!
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I believe this is called "Equinox"
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