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Book The Calumet Region

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gregg Hertzlieb
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 9780252034565
  • Pages : 118 pages

Download or read book The Calumet Region written by Gregg Hertzlieb and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cialdella found himself drawn to the Calumet Region of his youth for a photographic exploration that has lasted more than twenty years, and that has resulted in hundreds of rich and complex works.

Book Calumet  First and Forever

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Lanyon
  • Publisher : Lake Claremont Press: A Chicago Joint
  • Release : 2022-09-21
  • ISBN : 9781734145229
  • Pages : 426 pages

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.

Book Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs

Download or read book Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs written by Ann Durkin Keating and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Which neighborhood?" It's one of the first questions you're asked when you move to Chicago. And the answer you give - be it Bucktown, Bronzeville, or Bridgeport - can give your inquisitor a good idea of who you are, especially in a metropolis with so many different neighborhoods and suburbs to choose from." "Many of us know little of the neighborhoods beyond those where we work, play, and live. This is particularly true in Chicagoland, a region that spans over 4,400 square miles and is home to more than 9.5 million residents. Now, historian Ann Durkin Keating's compact guide, drawn largely from the bestselling Encyclopedia of Chicago, brings the history of Chicago neighborhoods to life."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Chicago Made

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Lewis
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2009-05-15
  • ISBN : 0226477045
  • Pages : 364 pages

Download or read book Chicago Made written by Robert Lewis and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the lumberyards and meatpacking factories of the Southwest Side to the industrial suburbs that arose near Lake Calumet at the turn of the twentieth century, manufacturing districts shaped Chicago’s character and laid the groundwork for its transformation into a sprawling metropolis. Approaching Chicago’s story as a reflection of America’s industrial history between the Civil War and World War II, Chicago Made explores not only the well-documented workings of centrally located city factories but also the overlooked suburbanization of manufacturing and its profound effect on the metropolitan landscape. Robert Lewis documents how manufacturers, attracted to greenfield sites on the city’s outskirts, began to build factory districts there with the help of an intricate network of railroad owners, real estate developers, financiers, and wholesalers. These immense networks of social ties, organizational memberships, and financial relationships were ultimately more consequential, Lewis demonstrates, than any individual achievement. Beyond simply giving Chicago businesses competitive advantages, they transformed the economic geography of the region. Tracing these transformations across seventy-five years, Chicago Made establishes a broad new foundation for our understanding of urban industrial America.

Book Water resources Investigations Report

Download or read book Water resources Investigations Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers  U S  Army

Download or read book Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers U S Army written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 1400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year

Download or read book Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 1410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Chief of Engineers U S  Army

Download or read book Report of the Chief of Engineers U S Army written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 1400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .

Book Congressional Record

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  • Author : United States. Congress
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1966
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1428 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Book Water Resources Development in Illinois

Download or read book Water Resources Development in Illinois written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Calumet Beginnings

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  • Author : Kenneth J. Schoon
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780253342188
  • Pages : 278 pages

Download or read book Calumet Beginnings written by Kenneth J. Schoon and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The landscape of the Calumet, an area that sits astride the Indiana-Illinois state line at the southern end of Lake Michigan was shaped by the glaciers that withdrew toward the end of the last ice age--about 45,000 years ago. In the years since, many natural forces, including wind, running water, and the waves of Lake Michigan, have continued to shape the land. The lake's modern and ancient shorelines have served as Indian trails, stagecoach routes, highways, and sites that have evolved into many of the cities, towns, and villages of the Calumet area. People have also left their mark on the landscape: Indians built mounds; farmers filled in wetlands; governments commissioned ditches and canals to drain marshes and change the direction of rivers; sand was hauled from where it was plentiful to where it was needed for urban and industrial growth. These thousands of years of weather and movements of peoples have given the Calumet region its distinct climate and appeal.

Book Report

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  • Author : United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1938
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1204 pages

Download or read book Report written by United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Chief of Engineers

Download or read book Report of the Chief of Engineers written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 3676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences

Download or read book University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hearings

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  • Author : United States. Congress. House
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1955
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 3020 pages

Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 3020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: