What Lies Beneath Chicago?

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  @MichaelKurse · 1 year ago

  I will never forget when they pierced the tunnel, and The Chicago River flooded downtown office buildings.

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• BR

  @brianwells4507 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Truth about Lake Street, the high rise apartment building at Lake and Canal in particular. I worked on that project, the original buildings were razed and their original foundations were excavated. Including Lake Street to allow new sewer and utility lines for the 40 story new project. Lake Street went down 30 or more feet with different layers of road! Cobble Stone's, 12" wood planks, gravel, it went on and on!

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• AN

  @ancient_death · 1 year ago

  I love how Jason Statham loves Chicago History so much that he voiced this documentary

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• SC

  @scottd9448 · 1 year ago

  I live in Uptown Chicago & had the opportunity to enter Capone's tunnels between a theatre and a speakeasy.

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• FR

  @frecklesjones732 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Al Capone had a lot of tunnels He ran with his organization in Chicago. I’m sure they’re all kinds of things they haven’t found yet.

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• BE

  @beachbum7425 · 1 year ago

  My husband worked on the deep tunnel flood. He was tied with ropes held by people on the surface, swimming in 40 ft of water with fish and rats trying to get potable water up to the merchandise mart. They were working 20 hrs with small short breaks to eat and hydrate and maybe catch a few winks. I was never more afraid for him at work. It was a catastrophe.

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• DI

  @disabilityadvoc8 · 1 year ago

  I didn't realize the voice was AI until it said, "... double you Division Street," for West Division Street.

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• IN

  @indiana2096 · 1 year ago

  The deep tunnel project, "The Big Dig", TARP covers more than just Chicago. It covers quite a bit of the suburbs as well, something like 800 sq-miles. I remember the work when it was going through my hometown of Chicago Ridge (south side of Chicago). There were signs all around warning to turn off two-way radios and also the sirens and then the tremors afterwords from the dynamite charges going off. We had the best tasing tap water coming from Lake Michigan, so if this massive project helped to keep it clean then all the better!

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• DA

  @DanielleTurner-x4w · 1 year ago

  Tunnels that connects to other Tunnels,  cities upon cities.

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• AC

  @ACDawn · 1 year ago

  Born & raised in what is now the 'Medical District' and happy to learn something new about my forever home...thank you for sharing!

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• EV

  @everydayvacaytaj · 1 year ago

  Holy shit!!  🤯🤯🤯🤯.   They really lifted up buildings with jacks??

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• IN

  @insanehands4066 · 1 year ago

  I feel like a Ninja Turtle looking at this. :popcorn-yellow-striped-smile:

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