Chicago Drainage Canal Constructed
- Date Range
- 1887 – 1922
- Title
- Chicago Drainage Canal Constructed
- What occurred
- Prior to the canal's construction, nearly all of the city's sewage was pumped directly into the lake. This posed a problem once the water cribs were built because drinking water came from the lake through these water cribs. Fears of Typhoid and Cholera led the city to construct a massive drainage canal to divert sewage all the way to the Des Plaines River in order to preserve drinking water.
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Image Citation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sanitary_and_Ship_Canal
- Student name(s)
- Max Levenson