Thursday, September 20, 2012

City of Chicago (1912)

City of Chicago 1912 map
Chicago for the Tourist. (Chicago: Passenger Department, Illinois Central Railroad, 1912).

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Freight Tunnels in Chicago (1904)

Branch tunnels leaving main shaft.  Superintendent Jackson at lower level of train on the left.
George W. Jackson. "Freight Tunnels in Chicago." The Independent. 57 (November 3, 1904).

Monday, September 17, 2012

Hydraulic Suction Dredge (1896)

Charles Shadduck Hill. The Chicago Main Drainage Channel: A description of the machinery used and methods of work adopted in excavating the 28-mile drainage canal from Chicago to Lockport, Ill.  (New York: The Engineering News Publishing Company, 1986).

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Art and Utility (1924)

Venetian-like plan submitted as means of solving Chicago's problems of civic improvement by building roomy underground tunnels for shipping beneath structural combinations of art and utility.
"The City of the Future." Popular Mechanics. 42 (August 1924).

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Narrow Way (1901)

Passage to rear tenements
Robert Hunter. Tenement Conditions in Chicago: Report by the Investigating Committee of the City Homes Association. (Chicago: City Homes Association, 1901).

Friday, September 14, 2012

Railroading, Turntable, & Arch (1867)



Jack Wing. The Great Chicago Lake Tunnel: The causes which led to its conception; the great undertaking; obstacles encountered; how the work was performed; launch of the crib, etc., together with sketches of the visits of several illustrious parties to the works, and a midnight train of cars beneath lake Michigan. Also, the successful completion of the great enterprise.. (Chicago: Jack Wing, 1867).

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Double Deck (1924)

System of elevated sidewalks suggested for Chicago's business district to relive pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
"The City of the Future." Popular Mechanics. 42 (August 1924).

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Dodging Death (1925)

detail of cross section-tunneling under Lake Michigan.
Island from which tunnel is being dug with sketch showing underground work.
"Dodging Death Behind the Dynamite Crew."Popular Mechanics.44  (September 1925).

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Proposed Civic Center (1909)

Chicago's proposed civic center
 Daniel Hudson Burnham and Edward Herbert Bennett. Plan of Chicago: prepared under the direction of the Commercial Club during the years MCMVI, MCMVII, and MCMVIII. (Chicago: The Commercial Club, 1909).