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Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Friday, January 26, 2024

Merchandise Mart in Chicago, History and Little Known Facts.

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The Merchandise Mart, 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, a colossal monolith on the Chicago River, boasts a rich history as grand as scale and as v...
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Thursday, January 4, 2024

The "Beep Line" from WLS (890 AM) radio, Chicago, explained.

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The "Beep Line" on Chicago's WLS AM radio wasn't explicitly started by any one disc jockey. It was a phenomenon that emerg...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

The Chicago Home Insurance Building: The Pioneer of Skyscraper Architecture in 1885.

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Standing tall and proud amidst the bustling streets of Chicago, the Home Insurance Building etched its name in the annals of architectural h...
Saturday, August 19, 2023

Comparative Cost of Macadamizing (Explained) and Planking the Streets of Chicago.

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Since the experiment of macadamizing [1] (aka McA damize)  the streets of our city has been instituted, a great deal of discussion has been ...
Monday, August 14, 2023

Chicago Finally has a Fire Alarm Bell; City Ordinance Passed July 1855.

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In February 1855, a deep-toned bell was installed in the new Courthouse. The July 1855 ordinance passed, dividing the City into six fire dis...
Tuesday, August 8, 2023

World's First Nuclear Reactor at the University of Chicago.

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THE BEGINNING Construction of CP-1, or Chicago Pile Number One,   was constructed under the University of Chicago's Stagg Field football...
Friday, April 21, 2023

The Polluted Chicago River History of Improvements in Water Quality.

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Along the Chicago River, further from the lakefront, the river remained something to be tolerated rather than enjoyed. definition Water poll...