| 171 |
An Upstart Behemoth, Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Environment in a Mercantile Metropolis Networks of Rails World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 Turn-...
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| 172 |
Chicago's Twentieth-Century Cultural Exports, Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Environment in a Mercantile Metropolis Networks of Rails World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 Turn-...
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| 173 |
Creating the Plan, Carl Smith(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Essay)
) ...previously prepared a report on reorganizing rail service in Chicago. The work pace of the committee...
...planners presented their ideas on what to do about rail congestion and inefficiency and then left...
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| 174 |
Colonial Trans-Atlantic Networks, Ann Durkin Keating and Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Environment in a Mercantile Metropolis Networks of Rails World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 Turn-...
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| 175 |
A Cosmopolitan Frontier, Ann Durkin Keating and Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Environment in a Mercantile Metropolis Networks of Rails World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 Turn-...
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| 176 |
Work, David Moberg(
Authored Entry
) ...production. Manufacturers in Chicago, with rail access to abundant southern Illinois coal , turned...
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| 177 |
Street Life, Perry R. Duis(
Authored Entry
) ...because it was the hub of the nation's growing rail network. By the end of the century thousands of...
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| 178 |
American Car & Foundry Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...facilities, which specialized in the making of rail loaders, snowplows, and graders. AmericanCar,...
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| 179 |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...The Milwaukee & Waukesha Rail Road Co. , founded in Wisconsin in 1847, soon became the Milwaukee &...
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| 180 |
Illinois Central Railroad (Corporate History), (
Business Dictionary
) ...Chicago commuter lines to the Metropolitan Rail (Metra). One year later, the road left IC Industries...
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| 181 |
The City the Planners Saw, Carl Smith(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Essay)
) ...Heritage The City the Planners Saw 1909 Timeline The Plan of Chicago spends relatively little time...
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| 182 |
Chicago & North Western Railway Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...Marvin Hughitt, the length of track in the road's rail network grew from about 1,400 miles to nearly...
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| 183 |
Illinois Central Railroad Links to Chicago, (
Map
) ...from the South generally followed water and rail routes. Chicago's popularity as a destination...
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| 184 |
Interurbans in the Chicago Region, (
Map
) ...areas and to each other. As a form of cheap “light rail” transport, this created a regional network...
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| 185 |
Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad Advertisement, 1886, Printer: J. M. W. Jones Stationery and Printing Co.(
Historical Source
) ...Starting with a single rail links between Chicago and Rock Island, the Chicago, Rock Island &...
Date Created: 1886,
Date Depicted: 1886
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| 186 |
Pioneer, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...The Pioneer powered the first rail trip in the Chicago metropolitan area, between the city and...
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: 1848
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| 187 |
Pullman Sleeping Car, 1940, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...in 1940, of the 90th anniversary of the first rail connection between Aurora and Chicago....
Date Created: 1940,
Date Depicted: 1940
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| 188 |
Riverside in 1871, Creator: Riverside Improvement Company(
Historical Source
) ...Settlements emerged around stops along these rail lines for farmers, industries, commuters, and...
Date Created: 1871,
Date Depicted: 1871
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| 189 |
East on Chicago River toward Rush and State Street Bridges, c.1910s, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...Bridge in 1920. Note the freight station and rail yards on either side of the State Street Bridge...
Date Created: c.1910s,
Date Depicted: c. 1910s
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| 190 |
From Lake Michigan To You: A Description of the Chicago Water System, 1988, Creator: City of Chicago, Department of Water(
Historical Source
) ...systems had emerged to serve settlements along rail lines out from the city center. This 1988...
Date Created: 1988,
Date Depicted: 1988
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