Download or read book The Straightening of the Chicago River written by Chicago (Ill.). Citizen's Committee on River Straightening and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book River Straightening written by Chicago, Citizens' Committee on River Straightening and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Straightening of the Chicago River written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chicago River written by Libby Hill and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 304 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.
Download or read book The Chicago River written by Jonathan Genzen and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calling upon his considerable novelistic skills, Loren D. Estleman exposes the black heart of a seemingly stable, well-run city suddenly pitched into violence and chaos. A delicate balance of forces-greed and corruption, ambition and desire-run out of control in the wake of a serial killer's grisly rampage.A power struggle-between a police chief who has looked the other way for too long, a Mafia boss who holds the city's vices in his powerful grasp, and media reporters looking for a big story-turns what has been a minor dispute into a desperate struggle for survival.Setting this drama in a blue-collar metropolis dominated by an oil company, Estleman, with an unerring eye for telling detail and an ear for dialogue that reveals the secret desires of his characters, crafts a fascinating, deadly tapestry of love, ambition, revenge, and redemption, a stunning portrait of the human condition.
Download or read book River Straightening written by Chicago, Citizens' Committee on River Straightening and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chicago River written by David M. Solzman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chicago s River at Work and at Play written by Neal S. Samors and published by Chicago's Books Press. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Plea for the Improvement of the West Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River written by Edward T. Cahill and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chicago River Hearings on H R 9049 8648 and S 3177 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book Chicago Harbor and River Ill written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chicago River written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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