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  2. Quintinshill rail disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map of 1859 (but not modern maps) shows a house named Quintinshill at approximately 55.0133°N 3.0591°W, around one-half mile (800 m) south-south-east of the signal box. The nearest settlement was Gretna , 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south of the box, on the Scottish side of the Anglo-Scottish border .

  3. Michigan–Wacker Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Michigan–Wacker Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places District that includes parts of the Chicago Loop and Near North Side community areas in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The district is known for the Chicago River, two bridges that cross it, and eleven high rise and skyscraper buildings erected in the 1920s. [3]

  4. West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Eitel Building 1926 [10] 22 [10] Yes 121 North LaSalle City Hall - County Building 1908 / 1911 [11] 11 [12] Yes 120 North LaSalle 120 North LaSalle. 1991 [13] 40 [13] No [13] 100 North LaSalle 100 North LaSalle Street Building 1928 [14] 25 [14] Yes 33 North LaSalle Foreman State National Bank Building 1930 [15] 38 [15] Yes 30 North LaSalle 30 ...

  5. City Colleges of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The City Colleges of Chicago is the public community college system of the Chicago area. Its colleges offer associate degrees, certificates, free courses for the GED, and free English as a second language (ESL) courses. The City Colleges system has its administrative offices in the Chicago Loop. [2]

  6. List of Chicago Landmarks - Wikipedia

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    Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...

  7. City Hall-County Building - Wikipedia

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    The city and county jointly sponsored an architectural competition that Holabird & Roche won by unanimous vote. [12] Construction of the county building (east wing) began in 1905, and by 1907 some county offices were already beginning to move in. [12] Construction of city hall (the west wing) was delayed until 1909 because the city had to wait for the State to increase its borrowing authority ...

  8. Roanoke Building - Wikipedia

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    11 South LaSalle Street Building or Eleven South LaSalle Street Building (formerly Roanoke Building and Tower and originally Lumber Exchange Building and Tower Addition or simply the Roanoke Building and Lumber Exchange Building) is a Chicago Landmark building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and that is located at 11 South LaSalle Street in the Loop community area of ...

  9. Central Manufacturing District - Wikipedia

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    The Central Manufacturing District of Chicago is a 265-acre (1.07 km 2) area [1] of the city in which private decision makers planned the structure of the district and its internal regulation, including the provision of vital services ordinarily considered to be outside the scope of private enterprise. [2]