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Interpretive Digital Essay : Water in Chicago
Water in Chicago
Essay: People and the Port
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Solitary Lives
City of Bridges
Chicago Harbors
Essay: Using the Chicago River
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Goose Island
Indiana Dunes
Essay: Sanitation in Chicago
Photo Essays:
The Sanitary and Ship Canal
Water-Related Epidemics
Essay: Water and Urban Life
Photo Essays:
Houses and Water
Shoreline Development
Growing Up Along Water
Street raising on Lake Street, 1855
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View of block on Lake Street between Clark and LaSalle during street raising, 1850s.

Creator: Edward Mendel
Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-00698)

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