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Chicago River

Chicago River


Title	Chicago River
Description	Caption: "The Chicago River formerly emptied into Lake Michigan, but with the digging of the drainage canal, the current was reversed and the waters now find their way into the Mississippi, much to the disgust of St. Louis, transforming the once ill-smelling stream into a clean river. It is narrow and deep, but easily entered by the largest lake steamers. The question of lowering the street car tunnels which pass under the river, to obtain a still greater depth, has been an issue at several city elections."
Date	1906
Type	Photographs
Identifier	chicago00lhne_raw_0024.jp2
Source	http://www.archive.org/stream/chicago00lhne#page/22/mode/2up
Physical Location	University of Illinois at Chicago
Format	image/jp2
Subject	Rivers
Coverage-Spatial	Chicago (Ill.) Chicago River (Ill.)
Date of Content	1900-1909
Publisher	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois at Chicago
Rights	Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Sub-Collection	Waterfronts
Collection	Picture Chicago
Book Title	Chicago
Author of the Book	L. H. Nelson Company
Link to the Full-Text	http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicago00lhne

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