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Chicago Pedway. Coordinates: 41°53′03.2″N 87°37′28.7″W. OpenStreetMap map of the Pedway. Sign of the Chicago Pedway. An underground Pedway tunnel. Inside a Pedway bridge between the Ogilvie Transportation Center and 2 North Riverside Plaza. The Chicago Pedway is a network of tunnels, ground-level concourses and bridges in Chicago ...
Between 1892 and 1906, Chicago had three cable car tunnels under the Chicago River. Two were built for pedestrian and horse traffic and later converted, the third was built specially for cable-cars. After cable service ended they would be used by electric streetcars. By 1900, Chicago had a cable-based transit system that carried 80 million ...
594 ft (181.05 m) Lowest elevation. 534 ft (162.76 m) (after lowering) The Washington Street Tunnel was the first traffic tunnel under the Chicago River. J.L. Lake was awarded the contract to construct the tunnel in July 1867 and its construction was completed January 1, 1869. This tunnel was 1605 feet long, from Franklin Street west to Clinton ...
2 ft (610 mm) Length. 60 miles (97 km) The Chicago Tunnel Company was the builder and operator of a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway freight tunnel network under downtown Chicago, Illinois. This was regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission as an interurban even though it operated entirely under central Chicago, did not carry passengers ...
Chicago Transit Authority. Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Chicago Surface Lines car 3142 at Illinois Railway Museum. The Chicago Surface Lines (CSL) was operator of the street railway system of Chicago, Illinois, from 1913 to 1947. The firm is a predecessor of today's publicly owned operator, the Chicago Transit Authority.
Four-Mile Crib. The Four-Mile Crib was put into service in 1891 to help with the problem of getting uncontaminated water to Chicago and various neighborhoods. To deal with this, a new crib was built even farther than the Two-Mile Crib. The brick alone cost $472,890.93, but the total project cost was $1,526,143.68.
Chicago flood. Coordinates: 41°53′20″N 87°38′21″W. The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the ...
September 19, 1908 [1] Location. The Chicago and North Western Railway 's Kinzie Street railroad bridge (also known as the Carroll Avenue bridge or the Chicago and North Western Railroad Bridge) is a single leaf bascule bridge across the north branch of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its opening in 1908 it was ...