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Public Works, Federal Funding for, Howard Rosen(
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) ...of the corps. Federal involvement during the railroad era was mostly in the form of land grants,...
...additional federal aid to the Illinois Central Railroad . Direct federal aid to Chicago (as well as...
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Salvadorans, Kate Caldwell(
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) ...refugees by establishing an “ underground railroad ” from Arizona to Chicago during 1983 and 1984,...
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Telegraph, Christopher Thale(
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) ...It proved critical in managing the long-distance railroad routes which made Chicago a vital link...
...Company relocated from Cleveland in 1870. Most railroad stations served as telegraph offices, so...
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Brighton Park, Clinton E. Stockwell(
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) ...Blue Island , Illinois. The Chicago & Alton Railroad established a roundhouse in the community, and...
...German and Irish workers. In 1887 the Santa Fe Railroad moved in, building its Corwith Yards, then...
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Canadians, Emily Brunner(
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) ...in 1854 with the opening of the Great Western Railroad , which connected Ontario to Chicago. Many...
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Forest Glen, David M. Solzman(
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) ...with the expansion of commuter rail lines. Railroad stops at Forest Glen and Edgebrook encouraged...
...10 acres for additional development. Milwaukee Railroad executives created a residential retreat...
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Hegewisch, Erik Gellman(
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) ...laborers and other settlers built the first railroads across this terrain into Chicago in the 1850s....
...switched its manufacturing operation from railroad cars to Howitzer tanks and other vehicles during...
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Kenwood, Max Grinnell(
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) ...who built his home near the Illinois Central Railroad tracks at 48th Street. He named the home...
...the area increased to 21,000 by 1920. East of the railroad tracks some vacant land remained, but the...
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Lincoln Square, Amanda Seligman(
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) ...tavern. The entrance faced the North Western railroad stop at Rosehill Drive as an encouragement to...
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Lockport, IL, John Lamb(
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) ...and the 1858 arrival of the Chicago & Alton Railroad did little to change this. Hiram Norton oversaw...
...northern boundary of Lockport. In addition, area railroads began running commuter trains to Chicago...
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Lombard, IL, Elizabeth M. Holland(
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) ...Society. In 1849, the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad ran two trains daily each way through...
...began to send their goods to Chicago along the railroad, quickly putting the stagecoach line out of...
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Naperville, IL, Ann Durkin Keating(
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) ...right-of-way for the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad when its representatives came prospecting that...
...chance when the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad ran its line through Naperville in 1864....
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Austin, Judith A. Martin(
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) ...lines, notably the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and the Lake Street Elevated; and a rivalry with...
...owing largely to steadily improving suburban railroad service. With over 4,000 residents by the...
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The Campaign to Maintain Lake Front Park, Gwen Hoerr Jordan(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...a significant amount of debris, the Illinois Central Railroad Company (ICRC) was storing cars on the...
...century, despite the prominent presence of the railroad, Chicago promoted its Lake Front Park as a...
...photograph, the park is barely visible behind the railroad cars along the shoreline. See also: Grant...
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The World in Chicago, Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Ethnicity, and White Identity Illinois Central Railroad Links to Chicago Author: James R. Grossman...
...in part on the breadth of the Illinois Central Railroad network. By the time World War I opened...
...black population was most concentrated. Other railroad lines also offered access to Chicago from...
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Overview, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...Board of Sewerage; and the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Ogden saw the important connection...
...transportation and ran the terminus of the first railroad in Chicago right to the banks of the north...
...and Michigan Canal; Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (the city's first); the City of Chicago (first...
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Union Stock Yard, Dominic A. Pacyga(
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) ...The stockyard owed its origins to innovations in railroad transportation. In turn, direct sales from...
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Rogers Park, Patricia Mooney-Melvin(
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) ...Railway and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad provided service to downtown Chicago. By the...
...Sheridan Road. When the Northwestern Elevated Railroad opened the Howard Station in 1908, population...
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Slovaks, Emily Brunner(
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) ...Initially, most Slovak men took jobs in railroad yards, steel mills, factories, and stockyards....
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Washington Park, Wallace Best(
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) ...Park is the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad . Low-lying and swampy prior to being dredged...
...of Washington Park was settled by Irish and German railroad and meatpacking workers in the 1860s and...
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