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Building the Canal to Save Chicago by Richard Lanyon (2012, Hardcover)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Topic
- Building
- City
- Chicago
- ISBN
- 9781469145815
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Xlibris Corporation LLC
ISBN-10
1469145812
ISBN-13
9781469145815
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113163263
Product Key Features
Book Title
Building the Canal to Save Chicago
Number of Pages
388 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
To accomplish the reversing of the flow of a river wouldn't be possible today. But to Chicago near the end of the 19th Century it became a matter of survival. It is an unlikely place for a large city, with flat topography, poor drainage, next to a lake and near to a river into the continent. Those conditions in the 1800s appealed to westward expansion pioneers who traveled by water. A city was born, the railroads replaced water transport, population surged, and the lake was both water supply and toilet. The river became overwhelmed with the commerce of a port city and with sewage. It stank at times. Flooding from the interior tore through the city to get to the lake. What to do? Without sewage treatment it was decided to breach a sub continental divide, send the sewage away and save the lake. It received legislative blessing with the promise of a navigable canal. Chicago's own shoulder-to-the-wheel determination made it work. The river was transformed into a canal flowing the other way.
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