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  2. Thornton Quarry - Wikipedia

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    The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) contracted to use the quarry for stormwater overflow in 1998 as part of the Deep Tunnel or Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP) for the metropolitan area. The Thornton Quarry supplies 7.9 billion gal US of stormwater storage, allowing the water to be treated before release into ...

  3. Garfield Park Conservatory - Wikipedia

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    Garfield Park Conservatory, located in Garfield Park in Chicago, is one of the largest greenhouse conservatories in the United States.Often referred to as "landscape art under glass", the Garfield Park Conservatory occupies approximately 4.5 acres (18,000 m 2) inside and out and contains a number of permanent plant exhibits incorporating specimens from around the world, including some cycads ...

  4. Watering trough - Wikipedia

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    An abreuvoir is a watering trough, fountain, or other installed basin: originally intended to provide humans and/or animals at a rural or urban watering place with fresh drinking water. They were often located at springs. In pre–automobile era cities, they were built as equestrian water troughs for horses providing transportation.

  5. Urban Growers Collective - Wikipedia

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    The program pays students who work on the garden for their participation, in order to further help students who need income during their summer breaks. [9] While the eight urban farms that Urban Growers Collective manages are primarily on the West and South sides of Chicago, the camp and touring program takes place in downtown Chicago. [5]

  6. Schiller Woods magic water pump - Wikipedia

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    The current pump was installed in 1945, replacing earlier versions that date to the 1930s. [3] [5] As early as 1957, the pump drew press attention for its popularity. [5]A 1950s Forest Preserve superintendent noted that the well was so well-used that "when the handle is broken, everyone in the [office] knows about it within an hour". [5]

  7. Mayfair Pumping Station - Wikipedia

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    The station serves most of the northwest side of Chicago and several surrounding suburbs that purchase water from Chicago. Seven steam driven pumps are used to pump water. The venturis at the station do not have bronze throat-liners, unlike those at other Chicago-area pumping stations, but this is not reported to be a problem (B. Whalin, USDA ...

  8. North Shore Channel - Wikipedia

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    The North Shore Channel is a 7.7 mile long canal built between 1907 and 1910 to increase the flow of North Branch of the Chicago River so that it would empty into the South Branch and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. [1] Its water is generally taken from Lake Michigan to flow into the canal at Wilmette Harbor.

  9. Lurie Garden - Wikipedia

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    Lurie Garden is a 2.5-acre (10,000 m 2) garden located at the southern end of Millennium Park in the Loop area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Designed by GGN ( Gustafson Guthrie Nichol ), Piet Oudolf , and Robert Israel , [ 3 ] it opened on July 16, 2004.

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