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The heart of Chicago
Atlas containing maps of Chicago River, Illinois and its branches : showing result of improvement by the U.S. government
Chicago River
Chicago River before 1871
Plan to straighten Chicago River
River gateway to canal
Chicago River
Chicago in the Fifties
Map of Chicago River, accompanying the annual report of Tho. Jefferson Cram, Capt. U.S.T.E., Sep. 1839
The heart of Chicago
Image | 1920 |
Picture Chicago
Bird's eye view looking southeast across the Chicago River towards the Loop. Wolf Point appears in foreground.
Atlas containing maps of Chicago River, Illinois and its branches : showing result of improvement by the U.S. government
Multi-Page Item | 32 pages | 1899 |
River Maps
Atlas containing maps of Chicago River, Illinois and its branches : showing result of improvement by the U.S. government
Chicago River
Image | 1906 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "The Chicago River formerly emptied into Lake Michigan, but with the digging of the drainage canal, the current was reversed and the waters now find their way into the Mississippi, much to the disgust of St. Louis, transforming the once ill-smelling stream into a clean river. It is narrow and deep, but easily entered by the largest lake steamers. The question of l...
Chicago River before 1871
Image | 1860-1869 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Looking east from Rush Street bridge in days before the Great Fire, when a forest of masts distinguished the traffic of the Chicago River. Permission of International Harvester Company."
Plan to straighten Chicago River
Image | 1921 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Plan to straighten South Branch of Chicago River." From text: "By straightening the river, as the city council has very recently proposed to do, the land lying between Clark Street and the present river channel would be capable of harmonious development along normal rectangular lines. ... Briefly, this report recommends the straightening of the Chicago River bet...
River gateway to canal
Image | 1912 |
Picture Chicago
Chicago River
Image | 1875 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Chicago River, from Lake Street Bridge."
Chicago in the Fifties
Image | 1850-1859 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Chicago in the Fifties. Original owned by Chicago Historical Society"
Map of Chicago River, accompanying the annual report of Tho. Jefferson Cram, Capt. U.S.T.E., Sep. 1839
Image | 1840 |
River Maps
Map of Chicago River, accompanying the annual report of Tho. Jefferson Cram, Capt. U.S.T.E., Sep. 1839
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