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Identifier: americapicturesq01cookuoft (find matches)
Title: America, picturesque and descriptive
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Cook, Joel
Subjects: United States -- Description and travel
Publisher: Philadelphia, Coates
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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)rotracted litigation, but the very existence ofChicago depended on the result. The great drainagecanal Avas completed connecting the Chicago liiverSouth Ib-anch with Dispiaines Kiver at Lockport,tAventy-eight miles southAvest, Avliere it discharges theoutfloAv from Lake Michigan, Avhich then floAvs pastJoliet, and ultimately into Illinois RiAcr. This hugelaiial, opened ill ,l;iiiii;iry, 1000, reverses the liow ofthe Chicago Kiver. which now draws in about tluee Xincoln /iDonumcnt, Xiucoln parl^, Cbicaoo
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FEATURES OF CHICAGO. 433 hundred thousand cubic feet of water per minute fromLake Michigan and flushes the canal, which is also tobe made available for shipping. Thus the ChicagoEiver flows towards its source with a free current,and Lake Michigan has been purifled. The canal hasquite a descent to Lockport, and the water-power isto be availed of in generating electricity. The cityAvater-supply is drawn from cribs out in the lakethrough four systems of tunnels, aggregating twenty-two miles, furnishing an ample service, and pumping-stations in various locations elevate the water intowers to secure sufficient head for the flow into thebuildings. The chief of these towers, a solid stonestructure alongside the lake, rises one hundred andsixty feet, the huge pumping-engines forcing a vaststream constantly over its top. FEATUKES OF CHICAGO. Chicago is the worlds greatest grain, lumber andcattle market. It attracts immigrants from every-Avhere, and all flourish in native luxuriance, althoughoc

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  • bookyear:1900
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Cook__Joel
  • booksubject:United_States____Description_and_travel
  • bookpublisher:Philadelphia__Coates
  • bookcontributor:Robarts___University_of_Toronto
  • booksponsor:MSN
  • bookleafnumber:532
  • bookcollection:robarts
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