The Tunnel under the Lake: The Engineering Marvel That Saved Chicago - Benjamin Sells - Books - Northwestern University Press - 9780810134744 - May 30, 2017
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The Tunnel under the Lake: The Engineering Marvel That Saved Chicago

Benjamin Sells

The Tunnel under the Lake: The Engineering Marvel That Saved Chicago

Recounts the gripping story of how the young city of Chicago, under the leadership of an audacious engineer named Ellis Chesbrough, constructed a two-mile tunnel below Lake Michigan in search of clean water. Benjamin Sells narrates in vivid detail the exceptional skill and imagination it took to save this storied city from itself.


184 pages, 42 black & white images

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 30, 2017
ISBN13 9780810134744
Publishers Northwestern University Press
Pages 184
Dimensions 152 × 228 × 14 mm   ·   280 g

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