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The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 ...
In 1861, [3] the company constructed the Ogden Slip. [4] Ogden, who had no children of his own, left a large share of the company to his niece Eleanor Wheeler after his 1877 death. [5] She married Alexander C. McClurg. [6] The company was the plaintiff in the 1913 United States Supreme Court case Chicago Dock & Canal Co. v. Fraley. [7]
The company was founded in 1890 as the partnership of William A. Lydon & Fred C. Drews and was named Lydon & Drews dredging company. Early projects included the shoreline structures for the Chicago's Columbian Exposition. The company soon had satellite operations throughout the Great Lakes. It was renamed the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company ...
Merritt-Chapman & Scott, nicknamed "The Black Horse of the Sea", was a noted marine salvage and construction firm of the United States, with worldwide operations. The chief predecessor company was founded in the 1860s by Israel Merritt, but a large number of other firms were merged in over the course of the company's history.
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Ogden Slip in 1950 Ogden Slip in 1973 View of Ogden Slip (looking towards Navy Pier) in November 2007. In 1861, [1] Chicago Dock and Canal Company constructed the Odgen Slip. It was among many real estate investments of the company that were overseen by William B. Ogden. [2]
Gas prices have spiked in and around Chicago after a tornado sidelined a major ExxonMobil oil refinery last week. A gallon of gas in Chicago is now selling for an average of $4.34 , according to AAA.
In 1857, the State of Illinois sold 40 acres (160,000 m 2), including the site later to be known as DuSable Park, to the Chicago Dock and Canal Trust. [1] In 1893, the company dug out the Ogden Slip to allow boats to pull cargo from railroads at North Pier and the DuSable Park site was filled in by the United States Army Corps of Engineers .