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The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a man-made hydrologic connection between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins that was completed in the early 20th century to address sanitation and flooding. Construction of the CSSC allowed the…

The steering wheel from the S.S. Eastland, an excursion boat that capsized in the Chicago River in 1915, killing over 800 people.

A crane sits on the bank of the Chicago River and is set along side the equipment to straighten the chicago River in 1929