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Author | : David Sadowski |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2018-10-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1439665036 |
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Take a trip underground and see how Chicago's "I Will" spirit overcame challenges and persevered to help with the successful building of the subways that move millions today! While the elevated Chicago Loop is justly famous as a symbol of the city, the fascinating history of its subways is less well known. The City of Chicago broke ground on what would become the "Initial System of Subways" during the Great Depression and finished 20 years later. This gigantic construction project, a part of the New Deal, overcame many obstacles while tunneling through Chicago's soft blue clay, under congested downtown streets, and even beneath the mighty Chicago River. Chicago's first rapid transit subway opened in 1943 after decades of wrangling over routes, financing, and logistics. It grew to encompass the State Street, Dearborn-Milwaukee, and West Side Subways, with the latter modernizing the old Garfield Park "L" into the median of Chicago's first expressway. Building Chicago's subways was national news and a matter of considerable civic pride - making it a "Second City" no more!
Author | : David Sadowski |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1467129380 |
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While the elevated Chicago Loop is justly famous as a symbol of the city, the fascinating history of its subways is less well known. The City of Chicago broke ground on what would become the "Initial System of Subways" during the Great Depression and finished 20 years later. This gigantic construction project, a part of the New Deal, would overcome many obstacles while tunneling through Chicago's soft blue clay, under congested downtown streets, and even beneath the mighty Chicago River. Chicago's first rapid transit subway opened in 1943 after decades of wrangling over routes, financing, and logistics. It grew to encompass the State Street, Dearborn-Milwaukee, and West Side Subways, with the latter modernizing the old Garfield Park "L" into the median of Chicago's first expressway. Take a trip underground and see how Chicago's "I Will" spirit overcame challenges and persevered to help with the successful building of the subways that move millions. Building Chicago's subways was national news and a matter of considerable civic pride--making it a "Second City" no more
Author | : Chicago (Ill.). Traction and Subway Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 662 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Chicago (Ill.) |
ISBN | : |
Download Report of the Chicago Traction and Subway Commission to the Honorable, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Chicago on a Unified System of Surface, Elevated, and Subway Lines Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Charles Keagle Mohler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Railroads, Elevated |
ISBN | : |
Download Report on Passenger Subway and Elevated Railroad Development in Chicago Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Chicago (Ill.). Dept. of Subways and Superhighways |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Roads |
ISBN | : |
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Report for 1939 consists of reports of the Dept. of Subways and Traction and Dept. of Superhighways.
Author | : Arthur Seymour Robinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download The Inner Circle System of Terminals for the Chicago Subways Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Arthur Robinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Subways |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Sadowski |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2021-07-12 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1439672911 |
Download Chicago's Lost "L"s Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Chicago's system of elevated railways, known locally as the "L," has run continuously since 1892 and, like the city, has never stood still. It helped neighborhoods grow, brought their increasingly diverse populations together, and gave the famous Loop its name. But today's system has changed radically over the years. Chicago's Lost "L"s tells the story of former lines such as Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Kenwood, Stockyards, Normal Park, Westchester, and Niles Center. It was once possible to take high-speed trains on the L directly to Aurora, Elgin, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The L started out as four different companies, two starting out using steam engines instead of electricity. Eventually, all four came together via the Union Loop. The L is more than a way of getting around. Its trains are a place where people meet and interact. Some say the best way to experience the city is via the L, with its second-story view. Chicago's Lost "L"s is virtually a "secret history" of Chicago, and this is your ticket.
Author | : Clifton Hood |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2004-08-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801880544 |
Download 722 Miles Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue—the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the IND or Independent Subway line in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles—long enough to reach from New York to Chicago. In this definitive history, Clifton Hood traces the complex and fascinating story of the New York City subway system, one of the urban engineering marvels of the twentieth century. For the subway's centennial the author supplies a new foreward explaining that now, after a century, "we can see more clearly than ever that this rapid transit system is among the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements."
Author | : Chicago (Ill.). Department of Subways and Superhighways |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1943 |
Genre | : Local transit |
ISBN | : |
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