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2002, hard cover, 232 pages, black and white photographs, charts, and maps throughout.
As the 19th century was drawing to a close, Chicago's downtown area was thriving. Numerous large department stores, commercial warehouses, railroad terminals, office buildings, and manufacturing companies of all sizes could be found clustered within a mile of the intersection of State and Madison Streets. To house the wires, the Albert G. Wheeler company constructed an elaborate network of underground conduits forty feet below the surface. Relive the tumultuous and politically-charged environment of Chicago politics and big business a century ago that gave rise to the world's only underground urban freight railway.
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