Bridgeport / Buffalo / Ottawa / Washington / D.C. / Lockport / Cleveland / Springfield / St. Louis / Hydraulic City / Said Town / New York / New Orleans / Chicago / /
Company
Chicago Hydraulic Co. / Joliet / Sanitary District / Rand McNally Co. / Public Works / Norton / Marseilles / /
Country
France / Canada / United Kingdom / United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Company Expansion / /
Facility
Chicago port / Illinois State Historical Library / Canal Commission / The canal / Sanitary Canal / American canal / Harbor Improvements / University of Chicago Press / Fort Dearborn / Harbor Commission / M. Canal / Port Authorities / Sanitary District’s plant / Lewis University Canal / Ship Canal / Lake Calumet harbor / Chicago Harbor / Michigan Canal / Canal Commissioners / Tremont Hotel / /
IndustryTerm
transportation / steel hulls / water technology / indissoluble infrastructure / agricultural products / passenger transportation / nearest site / farm products / water transportation / excellent site / water networks / inland transportation canal / grain products / heavy products / hydraulic infrastructure / inland transportation routes / inland water transportation development / transportation system / internal transportation / /
NaturalFeature
Atlantic Ocean / Rock Island / Lake Calumet / Lake Erie / Lake Michigan / Little Calumet River / Mississippi River / Fox river / Niagara River / Mexico / Plaines river / Chicago River / Illinois River / Kankakee River / Des river / Great Lakes / Gulf of Mexico / Des Plaines River / lake Ontario / New Orleans / /
Organization
General Assembly / Chicago Harbor Commission / Commercial Club Committee on the Plan of Chicago / Congress House / American Association of Port Authorities / Board of Public Works / United States Corps of Engineers / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / army / Michigan Canal Commission / Senate / United States Army / Lewis University / Chicago Board of Trade / Executive Committee / English government / United States government / Congress / Federal government / University of Chicago Press / United States Congress / National Government / United States Topographical Corps / Illinois State Historical Society / /
Person
George Stone / Albert Gallatin / Reuben G. Thwartes / George Pullman / William Gooding / John M. Lamb / Louis Jolliet / Rene Robert Cavelier / Cram / Deener / Jesse B. Thomas / Claude Dablon / Andre Guillerme / Isham Randolf / Grant Park / William Montgomery / J. H. Wilson / W.L. Marshall / /
Position
Captain / Mayor / guard / Secretary / engineer / Major / Marshall / W. L. Major / Major General / Governor / President and / Porter / /
“Chicago: The Hydraulic City and its Environmental Impact.” A paper delivered at the 15th Annual Illinois History Symposium of the Illinois State Historical Society, December 2, 1994. Chicago: The Hydraulic City and