Description: Building Chicago's Subways, Illinois, Images of America, Paperback Take a trip underground and see how Chicago's "I Will" spirit overcame challenges and persevered to help with the successful building of the subways that move millions today!While the elevated Chicago Loop is justly famous as a symbol of the city, the fascinating history of its subways is less well known. The City of Chicago broke ground on what would become the "Initial System of Subways" during the Great Depression and finished 20 years later. This gigantic construction project, a part of the New Deal, overcame many obstacles while tunneling through Chicago's soft blue clay, under congested downtown streets, and even beneath the mighty Chicago River. Chicago's first rapid transit subway opened in 1943 after decades of wrangling over routes, financing, and logistics. It grew to encompass the State Street, Dearborn-Milwaukee, and West Side Subways, with the latter modernizing the old Garfield Park "L" into the median of Chicago's first expressway. Building Chicago's subways was national news and a matter of considerable civic pride - making it a "Second City" no more!
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467129381
Book Title: Building Chicago's Subways
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: David Sadowski
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Railroads / History, Public Transportation, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), Railroads / Pictorial
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Transportation, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
