The tunnel under the lake : the engineering marvel that saved Chicago / Benjamin Sells.

• Introduction -- Buckets, wells, and water carts -- The city takes over -- The engineer -- The Chesbrough plan -- Building the great Chicago lake tunnel -- The two-mile crib -- The wonder of America -- Never-ending demand -- Water and fire -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. Appendix A: Population of early Chicago, 1833-69 ; Appendix B: Chicago political roster, 1837-71 ; Appendix C: Annotated contract and specifications for the lake tunnel ; Appendix D: Expenditures on the lake tunnel and crib, 1863-April 1867 ; Appendix E: Growth of the Chicago waterworks, 1854-70 ; Appendix F: Chronology.

Ämnesord

Municipal water supply  -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Water-supply engineering  -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Water tunnels  -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Waterworks  -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Buildings.  (fast)

Municipal water supply.  (fast)

Water-supply engineering.  (fast)

Water tunnels.  (fast)

Waterworks.  (fast)

HISTORY / Historical Geography.  (bisacsh)

HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)  (bisacsh)

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil.  (bisacsh)

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply.  (bisacsh)

Chicago (Ill.)  -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Illinois  -- Chicago. (fast)

1800-1899  (fast)

Genre

History.  (fast)

Personnamn

Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester, 1813-1886.

Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester, 1813-1886.

Publikations- och innehållstyp

TD225.C5 (LCC)

363.61097731109034 (DDC)

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