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Will County, Sarah S. Marcus(
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) ...of Will County—walking paths, wagon roads, canals, rail lines, and highways—now ran within a single,...
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Civil War, Theodore J. Karamanski(
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) ...to provide Union forces with the rolling stock and rails needed to transport troops and supplies....
...The first steel rails made in America came off the North Chicago Rolling Mill in 1865. Although...
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McKinley Park, David M. Solzman(
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) ...spurred further subdivision of the area. The rails amplified the transportation advantages of the...
...of the Chicago River and produced 50 tons of rails per day. Eventually, the firm became part of U.S....
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Built Environment in a Mercantile Metropolis, 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-...
...environment remained dominated by the structures (rails, waterways, markets, grain elevators) that...
...ICHi-17111) Grain elevators were built near rail stops and barge tie-ups along the Chicago River....
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Economic Geography, Susan E. Hirsch(
Authored Entry
) ...1882. In the long run, Chicago's development as a rail hub was more important for its dominance in...
...Branch. After milling, the lumber was shipped by rail mostly to the west to build farmhouses, barns,...
...Rolling Mill produced the city's first steel rails in 1865 but soon relocated to South Chicago ....
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Literary Images of Chicago, Carlo Rotella(
Authored Entry
) ...infrastructure , indicated here by the converging rail lines that arrange the view. The processes of...
...type of the modern industrial metropolis. The rail lines form the bones and arteries of a growing...
...and representativeness, but also because rail lines run through all of them. Chicago's literature,...
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Inverness, IL, Ronald Martin(
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) ...while Route 14 leads into the city. Metra commuter rail service to downtown Chicago is available in...
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Landscape Design, Kevin Harrington(
Authored Entry
) ...of the city, the elevation and embankment of the vast network of rail traffic in the city....
...The increasing loss of life caused by rail crossings at grade led to the systematic, and still...
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Agriculture, Chas. P. Raleigh(
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) ...innovative sales method: horses brought in by the rail carload were sold individually in a weekly...
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East Dundee, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...percent white and nearly 4 percent Hispanic. Metra rail service is located south of East Dundee in...
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North Chicago Rolling Mill Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...nearly $700,000 worth of iron railroad rails, the plant was one of the largest manufacturing...
...1865, the mill rolled a few experimental steel rails, which may have been the first ever produced in...
...furnace, which allowed it to produce steel rails in huge quantities. At the beginning of the 1880s,...
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Suburbs and Cities as Dual Metropolis, Michael H. Ebner(
Authored Entry
) ...operating since 1855. The rush-hour commute by rail covers 16 miles in 32 minutes. Such places—...
...regrettable than their call for a unified commuter-rail terminal facility. But the deconcentration...
...the reach of the Chicago Transit Authority rail line into the northwest suburbs, with suburban...
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Infrastructure, Louis P. Cain(
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) ...brought all sorts of merchandise from downtown rail yards. The single most important commodity that...
...the city's downtown, much as the harbor and downtown rail terminals. As early as 1911 the idea of a...
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Woodstock, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...in Woodstock after World War II . Yet, with reliable rail commuter transportation, the area became a...
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Lake Villa, IL, Douglas Knox(
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) ...1996 with a station at Lake Villa. This restored rail passenger service to the village for the first...
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Turn-of-the-Century Industrialization and International Markets, Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Environment in a Mercantile Metropolis Networks of Rails World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 Turn-...
...sausages, harvesting equipment, lanterns, and steel rails produced in Chicago-area factories reached...
...and Western Avenues took advantage of proximity to rail and water transportation corridors that ran...
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Lake Bluff, IL, Michael H. Ebner(
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) ...first by stagecoach (1836) and then by rail (1855), proved paramount to development. Walter S....
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Burnham Plan, Cynthia R. Field(
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) ...of new transportation elements, from road to river to rail. As a collaborative product, the work is...
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Crete, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...Crete, connecting to markets in Chicago. With a rail line and established businesses, Crete grew as...
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East Hazel Crest, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...in nearby industrial areas and the Markham rail yards. The community has become racially diverse...
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