Drainage channel
and waterway

George P. Brown, Board of Trustees

WATERWAY

A HISTORY OF

THE EFFORT TO SECURE AN EFFECTIVE AND HARMLESS METHOD FOR THE
DISPOSAL OF THE SEWAGE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, AND TO
CREATE A NAVIGABLE CHANNEL BETWEEN LAKE

MICHIGAN AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CEREMONIES AT THE
INAUGURATION OF WORK ON THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL AND WATERWAY, SEPTEMBER
3, 1892, PURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE CITIZENS WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THOSE CEREMONIES, AND BY THE AUTHORITY

OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SANITARY

DISTRICT OF CHICAGO

CHICAGO

R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY

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COPYRIGHT BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SANITARY
DISTRICT OF CHICAGO, 1894.