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West by Southwest to Stickney

Author : Richard Lanyon
Publisher : Lake Claremont Press: A Chicago Joint
ISBN 13 : 9781893121652
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (216 download)

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Book Synopsis West by Southwest to Stickney by : Richard Lanyon

Download or read book West by Southwest to Stickney written by Richard Lanyon and published by Lake Claremont Press: A Chicago Joint. This book was released on 2018-03-25 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annexation of 1889 made Chicago's South Side the largest of the city's three sewer districts. With it came such challenges as Hyde Park sewers discharging to Lake Michigan, contamination threats at the Sixty-Eighth Street water intake crib; inadequate sewers and flooding; and the public health disaster of Bubbly Creek, the West Arm of the South Fork. Implementing the mayor's Pure Water Plan to eliminate sewers discharging to the lake involved intense cooperation. The city constructed huge intercepting sewers and a new pumping station, while the Sanitary District of Chicago contributed funding for some of the city's work. Addressing its own priorities, the District enlarged the capacity of the South Branch of the Chicago River, replacing obstructive bridges and widening and deepening the channel to pass enough water to keep Lake Michigan free of sewage and to provide dilution for sewage in the canals and rivers. Extending the Sanitary and Ship Canal and building the hydroelectric powerhouse at Lockport fulfilled the dream of low-cost sustainable power. The creation of what became the massive Stickney plant and sewershed eventually brought the promise of drainage relief to South and West Side residents and eliminated the daily discharge of sewage to the canals and the Des Plaines River. Finally, the Deep Tunnel project is bringing an end to the frequent discharge of sewage tainted stormwater to canals and rivers. This is the story of draining the South and West Sides of Chicago, and western suburbs; of eliminating the stagnant, encrusted cesspool that was Bubbly Creek; and of clearing the politics of out of the District to deliver taxpayers efficient, professional, and reliable service.

Building the Canal to Save Chicago

Author : Richard Lanyon
Publisher : Lake Claremont Press: A Chicago Joint
ISBN 13 : 9781893121713
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Building the Canal to Save Chicago written by Richard Lanyon and published by Lake Claremont Press: A Chicago Joint. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2013 Abel Wolman Award for Best New Book in Public Works History. To reverse the flow of a river wouldn't be possible today, but to Chicago near the end of the nineteenth century it became a matter of survival. On the shores of Lake Michigan, connected to the Great Lakes system, with the Chicago River and easy waterway access to the expanding American West, Chicago had much that was ideal in the way of water for a burgeoning metropolis in the 1800s. It also had a flat topography and poor drainage. As the city swelled, railroads replaced water transport, the population surged, and the lake served both as water supply and sewage repository. The Chicago River became overwhelmed with the commerce of a port city and its residents' sewage. It stank at times. Deadly, waterborne diseases were spreading. 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 subcontinental divide, send the sewage away, and save the lake. The idea received legislative approval with the promise of a navigable canal. In the largest municipal earth-moving project ever at that point--an engineering marvel and a monumental public works success--the flow of the Chicago River was turned away from Lake Michigan in 1900. Chicago's own shoulder-to-the-wheel determination made it work. Author Richard Lanyon is the former executive director of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Heavily illustrated with historic photos.

Chicago Sanitary District Canal. Hearing ... on H.J. Res. 308

Author : United States. U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee onrivers and harbors
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Chicago Sanitary District Canal. Hearing ... on H.J. Res. 308 by : United States. U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee onrivers and harbors

Download or read book Chicago Sanitary District Canal. Hearing ... on H.J. Res. 308 written by United States. U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee onrivers and harbors and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

O'Hare Water Reclamation Plant

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book O'Hare Water Reclamation Plant written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Chicago River

Author : Libby Hill
Publisher : Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN 13 : 080933707X
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Chicago River written by Libby Hill and published by Southern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this social and ecological account of the Chicago River, Libby Hill tells the story of how a sluggish waterway emptying into Lake Michigan became central to the creation of Chicago as a major metropolis and transportation hub. This widely acclaimed volume weaves the perspectives of science, engineering, commerce, politics, economics, and the natural world into a chronicle of the river from its earliest geologic history through its repeated adaptations to the city that grew up around it. While explaining the river’s role in massive public works, such as drainage and straightening, designed to address the infrastructure needs of a growing population, Hill focuses on the synergy between the river and the people of greater Chicago, whether they be the tribal cultures that occupied the land after glacial retreat, the first European inhabitants, or more recent residents. In the first edition, Hill brought together years of original research and the contributions of dozens of experts to tell the Chicago River’s story up until 2000. This revised edition features discussions of disinfection, Asian carp, green strategies, the evolution of the Chicago Riverwalk, and the river’s rejuvenation. It also explores how earlier solutions to problems challenge today’s engineers, architects, environmentalists, and public policy agencies as they address contemporary issues. Revealing the river to be a microcosm of the uneasy relationship between nature and civilization, The Chicago River offers the tools and knowledge for the city’s residents to be champions on the river’s behalf.

Engineering Data on the Sanitary District of Chicago

Author : Chicago Sanitary District (Ill.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engineering Data on the Sanitary District of Chicago written by Chicago Sanitary District (Ill.) and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Calumet: First and Forever

Author : Richard Lanyon
Publisher : Lake Claremont Press: A Chicago Joint
ISBN 13 : 9781734145229
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (452 download)

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Download or read book Calumet: First and Forever written by Richard Lanyon and published by Lake Claremont Press: A Chicago Joint. This book was released on 2022-09-21 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four years after the Chicago River flow was reversed to protect the city's water supply, the Calumet River was just as big a threat. The Illinois General Assembly annexed the Calumet area into the Sanitary District of Chicago and it was time to make another plan and get moving, but there were obstacles to reversing another river. A proposed Calumet-Sag Channel could be built to reverse the Calumet River flow, but the federal government was balking and wouldn't issue a permit. And dilution was not proving to be the end-all solution to the public health and pollution crisis. Something better was needed. The feds finally agreed to a smaller Cal-Sag channel, and construction began in 1911, at the same time that sewage treatment research was showing promise. A daring plan for this Calumet crisis was launched in 1915 when some of the District's first intercepting sewer construction began, followed by pumping station construction in 1918 and treatment plant construction in 1920. By late summer 1922, it all came together when treatment began and the channel was opened, keeping treated sewage out of Lake Michigan. Calumet was the first District comprehensive plan for treatment and disposal. Meanwhile, the northwest area of Cook County was also annexed to the District; but rather than extend the intercepting sewers, new treatment plants were constructed. District service increased to tend to the growing population in the South Area, but it slowed during the Great Depression and World War II. The South Area developed as post-war suburbs were annexed to the District, its intercepting sewers extended to serve the booming population. Industrial growth prompted the federal government to enlarge the Calumet-Sag Channel for commercial navigation, with the unintended benefit of better flood control and recreation for all.Today, District water management in the South Area continues to benefit the age-honored bi-state Calumet area, which is experiencing community revitalization, ecological restoration, and plans for a national heritage area designation. Calumet is forever.

Water Survey Series

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Survey Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Chicago River

Author : David M. Solzman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Chicago River written by David M. Solzman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a guidebook to the river and its waterways. Explores the physical character as well as the natural history of the river.

Proceedings of the Board of Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago

Author : Chicago Sanitary District. Board of Trustees
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 942 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Board of Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago written by Chicago Sanitary District. Board of Trustees and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lakefront

Author : Joseph D. Kearney
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 150175467X
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Lakefront written by Joseph D. Kearney and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Chicago, a city known for commerce, come to have such a splendid public waterfront—its most treasured asset? Lakefront reveals a story of social, political, and legal conflict in which private and public rights have clashed repeatedly over time, only to produce, as a kind of miracle, a generally happy ending. Joseph D. Kearney and Thomas W. Merrill study the lakefront's evolution from the middle of the nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Their findings have significance for understanding not only Chicago's history but also the law's part in determining the future of significant urban resources such as waterfronts. The Chicago lakefront is where the American public trust doctrine, holding certain public resources off limits to private development, was born. This book describes the circumstances that gave rise to the doctrine and its fluctuating importance over time, and reveals how it was resurrected in the later twentieth century to become the primary principle for mediating clashes between public and private lakefront rights. Lakefront compares the effectiveness of the public trust idea to other property doctrines, and assesses the role of the law as compared with more institutional developments, such as the emergence of sanitary commissions and park districts, in securing the protection of the lakefront for public uses. By charting its history, Kearney and Merrill demonstrate that the lakefront's current status is in part a product of individuals and events unique to Chicago. But technological changes, and a transformation in social values in favor of recreational and preservationist uses, also have been critical. Throughout, the law, while also in a state of continual change, has played at least a supporting role.

Marsh Township Sanitary District

Author : Dr. John Kevin Scariano
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1481762893
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Marsh Township Sanitary District written by Dr. John Kevin Scariano and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's memories of the first summer in which he had a job at the Marsh Township Sanitary District in Chicago Heights, Ill.

Proceedings of the Board of Trustees

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Board of Trustees written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sanitary District of Chicago

Author : Chicago Sanitary District
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sanitary District of Chicago written by Chicago Sanitary District and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chicago River Bridges

Author : Patrick T. McBriarty
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252097254
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Chicago River Bridges written by Patrick T. McBriarty and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago River Bridges presents the untold history and development of Chicago's iconic bridges, from the first wood footbridge built by a tavern owner in 1832 to the fantastic marvels of steel, concrete, and machinery of today. It is the story of Chicago as seen through its bridges, for it has been the bridges that proved critical in connecting and reconnecting the people, industry, and neighborhoods of a city that is constantly remaking itself. In this book, author Patrick T. McBriarty shows how generations of Chicagoans built (and rebuilt) the thriving city trisected by the Chicago River and linked by its many crossings. The first comprehensive guidebook of these remarkable features of Chicago's urban landscape, Chicago River Bridges chronicles more than 175 bridges spanning 55 locations along the Main Channel, South Branch, and North Branch of the Chicago River. With new full-color photography of the existing bridges by Kevin Keeley and Laura Banick and more than one hundred black and white images of bridges past, the book unearths the rich history of Chicago's downtown bridges from the Michigan Avenue Bridge to the often forgotten bridges that once connected thoroughfares such as Rush, Erie, Taylor, and Polk Streets. Throughout, McBriarty delivers new research into the bridges' architectural designs, engineering innovations, and their impact on Chicagoans' daily lives. Describing the structure and mechanics of various kinds of moveable bridges (including vertical-lift, Scherer rolling lift, and Strauss heel trunnion mechanisms) in a manner that is accessible and still satisfying to the bridge aficionado, he explains how the dominance of the "Chicago-style" bascule drawbridge influenced the style and mechanics of bridges worldwide. Interspersed throughout are the human dramas that played out on and around the bridges, such as the floods of 1849 and 1992, the cattle crossing collapse of the Rush Street Bridge, or Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci's Michigan Avenue Bridge jump. A confluence of Chicago history, urban design, and engineering lore, Chicago River Bridges illustrates Chicago's significant contribution to drawbridge innovation and the city's emergence as the drawbridge capital of the world. It is perfect for any reader interested in learning more about the history and function of Chicago's many and varied bridges. The introduction won The Henry N. Barkhausen Award for original research in the field of Great Lakes maritime history sponsored by the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History.

Pollution of Streams in Illinois

Author : Illinois State Water Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Pollution of Streams in Illinois written by Illinois State Water Survey and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook

Author : Martha Bayne
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1948742500
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook written by Martha Bayne and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of Belt's Neighborhood Guidebook Series, The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook is an intimate exploration of the Windy City's history and identity. "Required reading"-- The Chicago Tribune Officially,