1902 Chicago Drainage Canal Construction Sanitary Ship ORIGINAL HISTORIC IMAGE XEJ6 1895 in Springfield

1895 in Springfield

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Fassett & Johnson Ltd

This is an original 1904 black and white print ad for Wurlitzer Band Instruments from The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co

Riverdale New Jersey

1902 Chicago Drainage Canal Construction Sanitary Ship ORIGINAL HISTORIC IMAGE XEJ6 1895 in SpringfieldLeveling the Bed of the Drainage Canal, Chicago. Please note that this is a double sided print. On the reverse is another view of the construction of the Drainage Canal. Now known as the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, this is the only shipping link between the Great Lakes (specifically Lake Michigan by the Chicago River) with the Mississippi River system. The canal also carries Chicago's treated sewage into the Des Plaines River. The canal, linking