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  • Chicago Water Works in 1867, as included in 1961 press release
    Image | 1867 | Carl Sandburg CollectionPhotograph reproduction of a lithograph of the Chicago Water Works originally printed in the January 1867 edition of Chicago Illustrated. In the center of the image is the Chicago Water Tower. Included with the photo is a 1961 press release from the Water Tower Inn for the 92nd anniversary of the tower's completion. According to the press release, the tower was the only muni...
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