Buses, Trolleybuses and Recollections 1963
Author : Henry Conn
Publisher : Silver Link
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 24,84 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Buses
ISBN : 9781857945126
Author : Henry Conn
Publisher : Silver Link
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 24,84 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Buses
ISBN : 9781857945126
Author : HENRY CONN
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,81 MB
Release : 2021-11-12
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ISBN : 9781857946024
Author : Henry Conn
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 2017-03-24
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ISBN : 9781857944938
Author : Henry Conn
Publisher : Recollections
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 28,59 MB
Release : 2016
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ISBN : 9781857944648
Author : Michael H.C. Baker
Publisher : Recollections
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 14,73 MB
Release : 2019-04-24
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ISBN : 9781857945287
Author : Henry Conn
Publisher : Silver Link
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,34 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Buses
ISBN : 9781857944501
Author : Henry Conn
Publisher : Silver Link
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 36,64 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Buses
ISBN : 9781857944587
Author : Henry Conn
Publisher : Silver Link Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,67 MB
Release : 2022-01-20
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ISBN : 9781857945843
Author : Henry Conn
Publisher : Silver Link Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,50 MB
Release : 2023-09-21
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ISBN : 9781857946192
Author : David Sadowski
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 17,54 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1467129380
While the elevated Chicago Loop is justly famous as a symbol of the city, the fascinating history of its subways is less well known. The City of Chicago broke ground on what would become the "Initial System of Subways" during the Great Depression and finished 20 years later. This gigantic construction project, a part of the New Deal, would overcome many obstacles while tunneling through Chicago's soft blue clay, under congested downtown streets, and even beneath the mighty Chicago River. Chicago's first rapid transit subway opened in 1943 after decades of wrangling over routes, financing, and logistics. It grew to encompass the State Street, Dearborn-Milwaukee, and West Side Subways, with the latter modernizing the old Garfield Park "L" into the median of Chicago's first expressway. Take a trip underground and see how Chicago's "I Will" spirit overcame challenges and persevered to help with the successful building of the subways that move millions. Building Chicago's subways was national news and a matter of considerable civic pride--making it a "Second City" no more