The Chicago Water Tower - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:John F. Hogan, Marc Schulman (Foreword by)Series:LandmarksPublish date:2019-12-09Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467144971ISBN-10:1467144975UPC:9781467144971Book Category:History, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, EnvironmentalBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCH50F50J5
The Chicago Water Tower
Contaminated drinking water killed thousands of Chicago's original citizens, so the city took the unprecedented step of digging a tunnel two miles long and 30 feet below lake bottom. Since the facilities on shore included an unsightly 138-foot vertical pipe, famed architect William Boyington concealed it with a limestone, castle-like tower that soon became a celebrated landmark. Through the first...
Series: Landmarks
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467144971ISBN-10:1467144975UPC:9781467144971Book Category:History, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, EnvironmentalBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCH50F50J5
Hogan, John F.: - Chicago native John F. Hogan is a published historian and former broadcast journalist and on-air reporter (WGN-TV/Radio) who has written and produced newscasts and documentaries specializing in politics, government, the courts and the environment. As WGN-TV's environmental editor, he became the first recipient of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental...
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