Chicago River – Part 2

I&M Canal

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/626.html

https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/teaching_packages/I_and_M_canal/home.html

https://www.lakeheadu.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/53/outlines/2017-18/GEOG4411/History%20of%20Chicago%20water%20Diversion.pdf

https://iandmcanal.org/canalhistory/

Weather and Ground Conditions

https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/cases/environment/ChicagoDiversionHistoryMarch5.pdf

https://www.britannica.com/place/Chicago-River

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1202.html

Continental Divide

https://oprfmuseum.org/continental-divide-online-exhibit

U.S. Territory Map

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Aquired_Lands_of_the_US.svg

Timeline

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/chicago-timeline/

Waste/Disease/Cleanup

https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-river-tour/how-chicago-reversed-river-animated

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1020.html

https://www.asce.org/about-civil-engineering/history-and-heritage/notable-civil-engineers/ellis-sylvester-chesbrough

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-chicago-transformed-from-midwestern-outpost-town-to-towering-city-180970526/

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/643.html

https://chicagology.com/prefire/prefire165/

https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2015/11/raising-chicagos-street-level-to-add.html

https://www.enjoyillinois.com/plan-your-trip/travel-inspiration/raising-chicago/

https://greatchicagofire.org/landmarks/court-house/

https://www.asce.org/about-civil-engineering/history-and-heritage/historic-landmarks/chesbroughs-chicago-water-supply-system

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1202.html

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Diversion_of_the_Waters_of_the_Great/8DmAp9VG-SMC?hl=en&gbpv=1

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/300018.html

https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-river-tour/how-chicago-reversed-river-animated

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/water/supp_info/Consumer_ConfidenceReports.html

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/

https://chicagology.com/

*Many of these sources overlap topics.