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Achievements of Chicago engineers are referred to; it was in Chicago that skyscraper was developed; system of water tunnels; there is being built new tunnel with area equal to 16 ft. circle, using new materials and methods, but fundamentally same as Chesbrough's first intake tunnel; Chicago bridges; almost universal type of bascule bridge was developed by Chicago engineers; flow of Chicago River has been reversed; location and relocation, construction and reconstruction, of railroads.
Achievements of Chicago engineers are referred to; it was in Chicago that skyscraper was developed; system of water tunnels; there is being built new tunnel with area equal to 16 ft. circle, using new materials and methods, but fundamentally same as Chesbrough's first intake tunnel; Chicago bridges; almost universal type of bascule bridge was developed by Chicago engineers; flow of Chicago River has been reversed; location and relocation, construction and reconstruction, of railroads.
Engineer's contribution to Chicago
West. Soc. Engrs. -- Jl
Nethercut, E.S. (author)
1931
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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