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Map of the Chicago River and Drainage Canal from 
 Hill, Charles Shattuck (C.E.)
The Chicago Main Drainage Channel: A description of the machinery used and methods of work adopted in excavating the 28-mile drainage canal from Chicago to Lockport, Ill. New York: The Engineering News Publishing Co., 1896.

 

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