Comment on The Raising of ChicagoparentComments−lifeformed13yWhaaat. I never realized this sort of thing happened. Elevating cities, reversing rivers. I didn't know civil engineering was so cool. It seems like science fiction, like terraforming, but there it is, happening a hundred years ago.−swamp4013yThey also dug (by hand) underneath Lake Michigan 2 miles out, to bring fresh water into the city. Amazing.
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Whaaat. I never realized this sort of thing happened. Elevating cities, reversing rivers. I didn't know civil engineering was so cool. It seems like science fiction, like terraforming, but there it is, happening a hundred years ago.
They also dug (by hand) underneath Lake Michigan 2 miles out, to bring fresh water into the city. Amazing.