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The river took roughly 45 minutes to settle into a completely green state. The Riverwalk, closed for the dyeing, will reopen Sunday. After the spectacle, dense crowds began the blocks-long trek to ...
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The tradition began in 1962, when members of the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union dumped 100lb (45kg) of dye into the river. Chicago River glows green as city prepares to celebrate St ...
As part of a more than fifty-year-old Chicago tradition, the Chicago River is dyed green in observance of Saint Patrick's Day. [81] The actual event occurs on the Saturday on or before March 17. The tradition of dyeing the river green arose by accident in 1961 when plumbers used fluorescein dye to trace sources of illegal pollution discharges. [82]
In 1962, the city also began its famous Chicago St. Patrick's Day tradition of dyeing of the Chicago River green, with thousands of people lining the streets along the river to watch as a boat releases dye into the river. The Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union Local 130 has historically sponsored the river dyeing and knows the secret to the dye ...
CHICAGO - The Chicago River turning green kicked off Chicago's St. Patrick's day festivities this morning. Thousands looked on and then stuck around for the annual downtown parade that made its ...
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