The Sanitary and Ship Canal across the Chicago Divide. 1912. Supplement C.

The Sanitary and Ship Canal across the Chicago Divide. 1912. Supplement C.

Water diversion

1912 map of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal with depth, access, dredging, and cross sections. Scale in miles. Includes cross sections of the main channel and the Chicago River. Elevations of the Main Channel or Outlet and the Desplaines River. Printed on front: "Lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway association. Lyman E Cooley Consulting Engineer. Contour elevations above mean sea level. 1912."

Lyman Cooley

Lyman Cooley, The diversion of the waters of the Great Lakes by way of the Sanitary and ship canal of Chicago (Chicago, Clohesey printers, 1913).

Clohesey printers

1912

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