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  2. Old Chicago Water Tower District - Wikipedia

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    The Water Tower and Pumping Station were jointly added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1975. [3] In addition the Tower was named an American Water Landmark in 1969. The Water Tower was also one of the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire. The district is the namesake of the nearby Water Tower Place. [4] [5]

  3. Chicago Fire Department - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) provides firefighting services along with emergency medical response services, hazardous materials mitigation services, and technical rescue response services in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Chicago.

  4. The 78 - Wikipedia

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    Much of the land was created through landfills in the 1920s as part of a $9 million realignment of the South Branch Chicago River. [1] [9] The area then became a railyard for trains traveling to or from either the Grand Central station or LaSalle Street station. [10] The railyard was eventually demolished in the 1970s, forming a 62-acre vacant lot.

  5. List of fire stations - Wikipedia

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    Fire Station No. 2 (1901), Athens, Georgia, a gridiron-shaped station included in the Cobbham Historic District [16] Fire Station No. 6, Atlanta, Georgia, included in the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park; Fire Station No. 11 (Atlanta, Georgia), listed on the NRHP in Georgia; Fire Station 19 (Atlanta, Georgia)

  6. Engine Company 21 (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Engine Company 21 in 1873. Engine Company 21, organized in 1872, was the first all-black fire company in the Chicago Fire Department.The fire pole was invented by members of the company in 1888, and after inventing it, Engine 21 had the fastest response time in the city.

  7. File : West Side Park I Robinson map Chicago 1886.jpg

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  8. Whittlesea railway station - Wikipedia

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    Whittlesea is an older and alternative spelling of the town's name. [citation needed] It is located in between March and Peterborough stations, 94 miles 60 chains (152.5 km) away from London Liverpool Street via Ely. All of the original station buildings have long since been demolished and only the two staggered platforms remain.

  9. West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Union Loop Elevated Structure, Quincy station and Clark/Lake station. 1897 [34] n/a Yes (excluding Clark/Lake, which was replaced in 1992) [34] 177 North Wells Parking Structure 1987 [35] 15 [35] No [35] 122 North Wells / 205 West Randolph Randolph–Wells Building 1915 / 1928 [36] 23 [36] Yes 40 North Wells Washington Block. 1874 [37 ...