The Resource The tunnel under the lake : the engineering marvel that saved Chicago, Benjamin Sells
The tunnel under the lake : the engineering marvel that saved Chicago, Benjamin Sells
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- Summary
- The Tunnel under the Lake recounts the gripping story of how the young city of Chicago, under the leadership of an audacious engineer named Ellis Chesbrough, constructed a two-mile tunnel below Lake Michigan in search of clean water. Despite Chicago's location beside the world's largest source of fresh water, its low elevation at the end of Lake Michigan provided no natural method of carrying away waste. As a result, within a few years of its founding, Chicago began to choke on its own sewage collecting near the shore. The befouled environment, giving rise to outbreaks of sickness and cholera, became so acute that even the ravages and costs of the U.S. Civil War did not distract city leaders from taking action. Chesbrough's solution was an unprecedented tunnel five feet in diameter lined with brick and dug sixty feet beneath Lake Michigan. Construction began from the shore as well as the tunnel's terminus in the lake. With workers laboring in shifts and with clay carted away by donkeys, the lake and shore teams met under the lake three years later, just inches out of alignment. When it opened in March 1867, observers, city planners, and grateful citizens hailed the tunnel as the "wonder of America and of the world." Benjamin Sells narrates in vivid detail the exceptional skill and imagination it took to save this storied city from itself. A wealth of fascinating appendixes round out Sells's account, which will delight those interested in Chicago history, water resources, and the history of technology and engineering
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 193 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Buckets, wells, and water carts
- The city takes over
- The engineer
- The Chesbrough plan
- Building the great Chicago lake tunnel
- The two-mile crib
- The wonder of America
- Never-ending demand
- Water and fire
- Epilogue
- Appendixes. Appendix A: Population of early Chicago, 1833-69 ; Appendix B: Chicago political roster, 1837-71 ; Appendix C: Annotated contract and specifications for the lake tunnel ; Appendix D: Expenditures on the lake tunnel and crib, 1863-April 1867 ; Appendix E: Growth of the Chicago waterworks, 1854-70 ; Appendix F: Chronology
- Isbn
- 9780810134744
- Label
- The tunnel under the lake : the engineering marvel that saved Chicago
- Title
- The tunnel under the lake
- Title remainder
- the engineering marvel that saved Chicago
- Statement of responsibility
- Benjamin Sells
- Subject
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- Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester, 1813-1886
- Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester, 1813-1886
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | History -- 19th century
- HISTORY / Historical Geography
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- History
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Municipal water supply
- Municipal water supply -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply
- Water tunnels
- Water tunnels -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Water-supply engineering
- Water-supply engineering -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Waterworks
- Waterworks -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- 1800-1899
- Buildings
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Tunnel under the Lake recounts the gripping story of how the young city of Chicago, under the leadership of an audacious engineer named Ellis Chesbrough, constructed a two-mile tunnel below Lake Michigan in search of clean water. Despite Chicago's location beside the world's largest source of fresh water, its low elevation at the end of Lake Michigan provided no natural method of carrying away waste. As a result, within a few years of its founding, Chicago began to choke on its own sewage collecting near the shore. The befouled environment, giving rise to outbreaks of sickness and cholera, became so acute that even the ravages and costs of the U.S. Civil War did not distract city leaders from taking action. Chesbrough's solution was an unprecedented tunnel five feet in diameter lined with brick and dug sixty feet beneath Lake Michigan. Construction began from the shore as well as the tunnel's terminus in the lake. With workers laboring in shifts and with clay carted away by donkeys, the lake and shore teams met under the lake three years later, just inches out of alignment. When it opened in March 1867, observers, city planners, and grateful citizens hailed the tunnel as the "wonder of America and of the world." Benjamin Sells narrates in vivid detail the exceptional skill and imagination it took to save this storied city from itself. A wealth of fascinating appendixes round out Sells's account, which will delight those interested in Chicago history, water resources, and the history of technology and engineering
- Cataloging source
- IEN/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sells, Benjamin
- Dewey number
- 363.61097731109034
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TD225.C5
- LC item number
- S45 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Second to none: Chicago stories
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester
- Municipal water supply
- Water-supply engineering
- Water tunnels
- Waterworks
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester
- Buildings
- Municipal water supply
- Water-supply engineering
- Water tunnels
- Waterworks
- Illinois
- HISTORY / Historical Geography
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply
- Label
- The tunnel under the lake : the engineering marvel that saved Chicago, Benjamin Sells
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Buckets, wells, and water carts -- The city takes over -- The engineer -- The Chesbrough plan -- Building the great Chicago lake tunnel -- The two-mile crib -- The wonder of America -- Never-ending demand -- Water and fire -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. Appendix A: Population of early Chicago, 1833-69 ; Appendix B: Chicago political roster, 1837-71 ; Appendix C: Annotated contract and specifications for the lake tunnel ; Appendix D: Expenditures on the lake tunnel and crib, 1863-April 1867 ; Appendix E: Growth of the Chicago waterworks, 1854-70 ; Appendix F: Chronology
- Control code
- 959265419
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9780810134744
- Lccn
- 2017000235
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40027171737
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)959265419
- Label
- The tunnel under the lake : the engineering marvel that saved Chicago, Benjamin Sells
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Buckets, wells, and water carts -- The city takes over -- The engineer -- The Chesbrough plan -- Building the great Chicago lake tunnel -- The two-mile crib -- The wonder of America -- Never-ending demand -- Water and fire -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. Appendix A: Population of early Chicago, 1833-69 ; Appendix B: Chicago political roster, 1837-71 ; Appendix C: Annotated contract and specifications for the lake tunnel ; Appendix D: Expenditures on the lake tunnel and crib, 1863-April 1867 ; Appendix E: Growth of the Chicago waterworks, 1854-70 ; Appendix F: Chronology
- Control code
- 959265419
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9780810134744
- Lccn
- 2017000235
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40027171737
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)959265419
Subject
- Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester, 1813-1886
- Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester, 1813-1886
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | History -- 19th century
- HISTORY / Historical Geography
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- History
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Municipal water supply
- Municipal water supply -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply
- Water tunnels
- Water tunnels -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Water-supply engineering
- Water-supply engineering -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Waterworks
- Waterworks -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- 1800-1899
- Buildings
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