Dick LanyonJun 6HistoryMulford’s Ditch, the Big Ditch, and the North Shore ChannelMulford’s Ditch, the Big Ditch, the North Shore Channel, and Crossing the Rubicon: A Peak Into Evanston Waterway History.
Dick LanyonFeb 15HistoryThe Case of a Buried Bridge, the Million Dollar Bridle Path, and the North Side Sludge LineOn a May, 2023, spring day, an underground directional drilling machine for a new pipeline bumped into a solid object and stopped. The...
Dick LanyonSep 25, 2023HistoryHealthy and Sustainable Water ResourcesRapid urban growth of Chicago after incorporation as a city in 1837, gave rise to cholera epidemics aggravated by poor drainage and...
Dick LanyonSep 25, 2023HistoryPullman and the MWRDThe Pullman Historic Foundation presentation (Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall, July 23, 2023) explained the innovative work in...
Dick LanyonSep 21, 2023HistoryCSDX39 and the History of the Sludge ExpressCSDX is the reporting mark for the District’s local Short Line railroad, and CSDX 39 identifies a former District sludge dump car.
