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A half century of Chicago building : a practical reference guide : all building laws and ordinances brought to date : historical, technical and statistical review of the construction and material development of America's inland metropolis (1910)

Jones, John H., Ald, Britten, Fred A · Chicago : [s.n.] · leaf 89

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is nowa triangular piece of vacant ground west of CanalStreet south of Kinzie and but a short distance westof the west abutment of the City bridge that crossesthe north branch of the Chicago River at KinzieStreet. In those days there was a narrow street namedWest Water Street that ran close along… … GALENA & CHICAGO UiMUX DEFUT. CANAL AND KINZIE STREETS. CHICAGO. developed, which for the year ending June 30, 1909,had about 900 passenger trains a day and carriedover its rails more than 27,000,000 passengers. It IS not my purpose to give here the history of thedevelopment of a railway…

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