Author: Cynthia L. Ogorek
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738533445
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Once known as the Callimink River by the area's Potawatomi Indians, the Calumet River has been home to swimmers and fishermen, steamboats and canoes, and shipyards and factories for generations. Recreation and industry have coexisted along its banks for decades. Communities along the Calumet River--from South Chicago to northwest Indiana--have long derived their life blood from the river. With abundant wilderness, many recreational activities, and a convenient transportation corridor, the Calumet River has long been an important resource for the communities along its banks. Along the Calumet River presents the history, evolution, and development of the river corridor using over 200 vintage images.
Along the Calumet River
Author: Cynthia L. Ogorek
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738533445
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Once known as the Callimink River by the area's Potawatomi Indians, the Calumet River has been home to swimmers and fishermen, steamboats and canoes, and shipyards and factories for generations. Recreation and industry have coexisted along its banks for decades. Communities along the Calumet River--from South Chicago to northwest Indiana--have long derived their life blood from the river. With abundant wilderness, many recreational activities, and a convenient transportation corridor, the Calumet River has long been an important resource for the communities along its banks. Along the Calumet River presents the history, evolution, and development of the river corridor using over 200 vintage images.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738533445
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Once known as the Callimink River by the area's Potawatomi Indians, the Calumet River has been home to swimmers and fishermen, steamboats and canoes, and shipyards and factories for generations. Recreation and industry have coexisted along its banks for decades. Communities along the Calumet River--from South Chicago to northwest Indiana--have long derived their life blood from the river. With abundant wilderness, many recreational activities, and a convenient transportation corridor, the Calumet River has long been an important resource for the communities along its banks. Along the Calumet River presents the history, evolution, and development of the river corridor using over 200 vintage images.
Calumet: First and Forever
Author: Richard Lanyon
Publisher: Lake Claremont Press: A Chicago Joint
ISBN: 9781734145229
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Four years after the Chicago River flow was reversed to protect the city's water supply, the Calumet River was just as big a threat. The Illinois General Assembly annexed the Calumet area into the Sanitary District of Chicago and it was time to make another plan and get moving, but there were obstacles to reversing another river. A proposed Calumet-Sag Channel could be built to reverse the Calumet River flow, but the federal government was balking and wouldn't issue a permit. And dilution was not proving to be the end-all solution to the public health and pollution crisis. Something better was needed. The feds finally agreed to a smaller Cal-Sag channel, and construction began in 1911, at the same time that sewage treatment research was showing promise. A daring plan for this Calumet crisis was launched in 1915 when some of the District's first intercepting sewer construction began, followed by pumping station construction in 1918 and treatment plant construction in 1920. By late summer 1922, it all came together when treatment began and the channel was opened, keeping treated sewage out of Lake Michigan. Calumet was the first District comprehensive plan for treatment and disposal. Meanwhile, the northwest area of Cook County was also annexed to the District; but rather than extend the intercepting sewers, new treatment plants were constructed. District service increased to tend to the growing population in the South Area, but it slowed during the Great Depression and World War II. The South Area developed as post-war suburbs were annexed to the District, its intercepting sewers extended to serve the booming population. Industrial growth prompted the federal government to enlarge the Calumet-Sag Channel for commercial navigation, with the unintended benefit of better flood control and recreation for all.Today, District water management in the South Area continues to benefit the age-honored bi-state Calumet area, which is experiencing community revitalization, ecological restoration, and plans for a national heritage area designation. Calumet is forever.
Publisher: Lake Claremont Press: A Chicago Joint
ISBN: 9781734145229
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Four years after the Chicago River flow was reversed to protect the city's water supply, the Calumet River was just as big a threat. The Illinois General Assembly annexed the Calumet area into the Sanitary District of Chicago and it was time to make another plan and get moving, but there were obstacles to reversing another river. A proposed Calumet-Sag Channel could be built to reverse the Calumet River flow, but the federal government was balking and wouldn't issue a permit. And dilution was not proving to be the end-all solution to the public health and pollution crisis. Something better was needed. The feds finally agreed to a smaller Cal-Sag channel, and construction began in 1911, at the same time that sewage treatment research was showing promise. A daring plan for this Calumet crisis was launched in 1915 when some of the District's first intercepting sewer construction began, followed by pumping station construction in 1918 and treatment plant construction in 1920. By late summer 1922, it all came together when treatment began and the channel was opened, keeping treated sewage out of Lake Michigan. Calumet was the first District comprehensive plan for treatment and disposal. Meanwhile, the northwest area of Cook County was also annexed to the District; but rather than extend the intercepting sewers, new treatment plants were constructed. District service increased to tend to the growing population in the South Area, but it slowed during the Great Depression and World War II. The South Area developed as post-war suburbs were annexed to the District, its intercepting sewers extended to serve the booming population. Industrial growth prompted the federal government to enlarge the Calumet-Sag Channel for commercial navigation, with the unintended benefit of better flood control and recreation for all.Today, District water management in the South Area continues to benefit the age-honored bi-state Calumet area, which is experiencing community revitalization, ecological restoration, and plans for a national heritage area designation. Calumet is forever.
Calumet-Sag Channel, Ill
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Calumet Region (Ill. and Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Calumet Region (Ill. and Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Calumet Harbor and River, Illinois and Indiana. Hearings ... on the Subject of the Improvement
Author: United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on rivers and harbors
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Streamflow and Water Quality of the Grand Calumet River, Lake County, Indiana, and Cook County, Illinois, October 1984
Author: Charles Gene Crawford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grand Calumet River (Ill. and Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grand Calumet River (Ill. and Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Illinois Waterway and Grand Calumet River, Ill, and Ind. (Calumet-Sag Navigation Project)
The Calumet region historical guide
Author: Indiana Writers' Program
Publisher: Indiana Writers' Program
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Calumet region historical guide
Publisher: Indiana Writers' Program
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Calumet region historical guide
Little Calumet River Corridor Plan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Water Quality in the Calumet Area
Author: Conference in the Matter of Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the Grand Calumet River, Little Calumet River, Calumet River, Wolf Lake, Lake Michigan and their Tributaries. Technical Committee on Water Quality
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description