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  2. Navy Pier - Wikipedia

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    In mid-1918, the pier was also used as a jail for draft dodgers. In 1927, the pier was renamed Navy Pier to honor the naval veterans who served in World War I. [7] In 1941, during World War II, the pier became a training center for the United States Navy; about 10,000 people worked, trained and lived there. The pier contained a 2,500-seat ...

  3. Polk Bros Park - Wikipedia

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    Polk Bros Park is a 13-acre (5.3 ha) park at Chicago's Navy Pier. [1] [2] The park features the Peoples Energy Welcome Pavilion, Polk Bros Fountain, and the Polk Bros Performance Lawns, a pair of lawns with stages called City Stage and Lake Stage.

  4. Admiral Clarey Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Navy did an environmental impact study, studied various bridge alternatives, and settled on a combination fixed and floating bridge. [19] The Navy then awarded contracts of $350,000 to three major contractors to create candidate designs for the bridge. [19] On 19 August 1994, the Navy awarded a design-build contract to Dillingham-Manson, JV ...

  5. USS Midway Museum - Wikipedia

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    The USS Midway Museum is a historical naval aircraft carrier museum in San Diego, California, United States, located at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the aircraft carrier Midway. The ship houses an extensive collection of aircraft, many of which were built in Southern California. [1] [2]

  6. Crack the Whip (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    The copy at Chicago's Navy Pier was installed in 1996. [1] [3] References This page was last edited on 30 October 2023, at 00:43 (UTC). ...

  7. ‘Biggest badass’ warship moors off the south coast - AOL

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    The 333m-long USS Gerald R Ford has dropped anchor in the Solent near Gosport, Hampshire. ... The 100,000 ton warship, which is about 50m longer than the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth, is ...

  8. 1 Main Circuit - Wikipedia

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    1 Main Circuit (1MC) is the term for the shipboard public address circuits on United States Navy and United States Coast Guard vessels.This provides a means of transmitting general information and orders to all internal ship spaces and topside areas, and is loud enough that all embarked personnel are (normally) able to hear it.

  9. Lake Point Tower - Wikipedia

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    Lake Point Tower from St. Regis Chicago between Navy Pier and Lake Shore Drive, 2022. The architects for Lake Point Tower were John Heinrich and George Schipporeit, working under the firm name of Schipporeit and Heinrich; the two were students of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, one of the best known architects of the Bauhaus movement and International Style school, who taught at the Illinois ...