Workers abandoned Loop office buildings Monday as millions of gallons of water poured from the Chicago ... This tunnel spur ends in a sealed bulkhead that was built after the flood.

Donation Options Search Search Search J.J. Madia was a civil engineer who monitored the Loop tunnels to make sure they didn’t flood again ... Sun-Times file Share Chicago is a city marked ...

There is some debate, you know, whether there was a flood in Chicago last ... of 29 concrete bulkheads was installed beneath the river at the points where it meets the tunnel system.

CHICAGO (CBS) --It has been a wet morning in the Loop, but nothing like it was 30 years ago today, when several downtown buildings flooded after a tunnel under the Chicago River was breached by ...

is whether or not there’s a secret system of railroad tunnels under the Chicago Loop area that contributed to the Chicago Loop Flood back in the 1990s. The answer is: Yes, absolutely!

Illinois Telegraph & Telephone laid cables 40 feet beneath the Loop. Sneakily, the tunnels the company dug for these cables were large enough for tiny freight trains. For decades, the Chicago ...

(TNS) — Twenty-five years after the Great Chicago Flood paralyzed ... taken steps to avoid another flood, including installing 30 bulkheads to seal off the tunnel system at points that pass ...

CHICAGO (WLS ... Mart was the first of many Loop buildings to call 911. Over 124 million gallons of water rushed into the Loop's underground tunnel system. The flood was Richard M.

Donation Options Search Search Search Workers prepare to pour cement into a shaft leading to a flooded tunnel ... the Chicago River on April 18, 1992, days after a leak caused the Loop Flood ...

The Eastland Disaster and the Great Chicago Fire ... of water into the tunnel system, flooding basements all over the loop as well as the underground pedway. During the flood, Chicagoans witnessed ...

Chicago Tours with ... TO TRUCKS FOR YEARS. THE TUNNELS WERE ABANDONED IN 1959. AFTER THE TUNNEL FLOOD ALL TUNNEL ENTRANCES WERE SEALED WITH WATERTIGHT BULKHEADS. BUT THE TUNNELS ARE STILL USED ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --It has been a wet morning in the Loop, but nothing like it was 25 years ago today, when several downtown buildings flooded after a tunnel under the Chicago River was breached by ...