the supply was endangered by ice, or THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF CHICAGO. from any other cause, at the two-mile crib. The addi- BY F. B. EMBKEE. tion of needed engines and other facilities to the It is not yet three-quarters of a century (November 10, 1834) since the Board of Trustees of the infant… … On November 6, 1876, the year in which THE INTAKE CRIB COMPLETED. the "Board of Public Works" was suc- ceeded by the "Department of Public Works," with means of water supply. Outgrowing that, in January, a single responsible head, the west side pumping sta- 1836, the Chicago Hydraulic Company was…
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