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Chicago Maritime - An Illustrated History (Hardcover)
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Chicago Maritime - An Illustrated History (Hardcover)
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This lavishly illustrated history of Chicago as freight handler to
the nation chronicles the vital role of waterborne trade and
transportation in building a metropolis on the swampland that the
Illiniwek once called Checagou. Louis Jolliet, the first European
explorer to the area, recognized that a waterway between the Great
Lakes and the Mississippi River could link the Atlantic and the
Gulf of Mexico, making Checagou the fulcrum of east-west and
north-south transportation for the continent. Upon completion of
the I&M Canal in 1848, Chicago quickly became one of the
busiest ports in the world, attracting thousands of schooners,
barks, sloops, and paddle-wheel steamships. More than 100
illustrations and maps-along with tales of majestic sailing ships,
piracy, terrible storms, and tragic shipwrecks-portray the eventful
history of Chicago's waterways. Young describes the reversal of the
Chicago River, which helped to clean the city and flood it with new
life. Chicago flourished as a port of entry to the West and
transportation hub, despite the disastrous Great Fire of 1871 that
destroyed much of the city, including the docks and ships moored
along the Chicago River. Marine disasters took their toll, too, as
when the Eastland capsized in 1915, drowning nearly 900 passengers.
Through narratives by two famous travelers of Chicago's waterways,
Charles Dickens and Abraham Lincoln, Young reveals the hardships
and small comforts of lake and river travel in its heyday. He also
tells of Chicago's marine traditions, such as the eagerly
anticipated arrival of ships bearing Christmas trees that drew
holiday crowds to the docks each year. Today, giant car ferries and
enormous ore carriers larger than battleships ply the lakes
alongside luxury yachts, while the rivers that feed Chicago-and
allow Chicago to feed the world-are still lively with traffic.
Chicago's geographic advantages, which allowed it to eclipse
competitors in the age of sail and steam, assure that it will
remain a vital center for American transportation and commerce in
the twenty-first century.
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