Park Ridge Outfall
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MWRD posted on May 21, 2023 Construction of the Park Ridge Out Fall Sewer along Howard Street, looking west toward the Des Plaines River on April 30, 1928. |
I wonder if this was the same dragline. We can see that it was a walking dragline.
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MWRD posted emoval of excavated rock and material along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Pulaski Road during an electrical conduit tunneling project on May 28, 1923. |
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MWRD posted Construction of the Park Ridge Outfall Sewer along Howard Street on April 30, 1928. |
When I Googled "park ridge outfall project," I discovered that Park Ridge plans to spend millions of dollars to build storm sewers and underground retention vaults to reduce flooding. [Dec 2017 plan]
Elmwood Park Outfall
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MWRD posted A steam shovel near the intersection of Thatcher and North Avenues in Elmwood Park, Illinois, during construction of the 10,000-foot-long Elmwood Park Outfall Sewer on June 20, 1924. The sewer was completed in 1925 to serve parts of Chicago, Elmwood Park, Oak Park and River Forest. |
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