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The Chicago Water Tower

The Chicago Water Tower

Schulman, Marc
Hogan, John F.

Hardcover

Technology & EngineeringRegional: Midwest

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1540241483
ISBN13: 9781540241481
Publisher: History Pr
Published: Dec 9 2019
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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 150 years of its existence, Chicago's iconic Water Tower has survived the Great Fire--the only public structure in the burn zone to do so--and at least four attempts at demolition. John Hogan pays tribute to the beloved monument that accompanied the evolution of Michigan Avenue from cowpath to Magnificent Mile.

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