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Northeast Illinois Regional Water Authority ― An Agency Whose Need Is Long Past Due
The Northeast Illinois Regional Water Authority is an agency whose need is long past due - opinion, history, & commentary from Dick Lanyon.
Dick Lanyon
Dec 9, 2024


Mulford’s Ditch, the Big Ditch, and the North Shore Channel
Mulford’s Ditch, the Big Ditch, the North Shore Channel, and Crossing the Rubicon: A Peak Into Evanston Waterway History.
Dick Lanyon
Jun 6, 2024


The Case of a Buried Bridge, the Million Dollar Bridle Path, and the North Side Sludge Line
On a May, 2023, spring day, an underground directional drilling machine for a new pipeline bumped into a solid object and stopped. The...
Dick Lanyon
Feb 15, 2024


Healthy and Sustainable Water Resources
Rapid urban growth of Chicago after incorporation as a city in 1837, gave rise to cholera epidemics aggravated by poor drainage and...
Dick Lanyon
Sep 25, 2023


Pullman and the MWRD
The Pullman Historic Foundation presentation (Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall, July 23, 2023) explained the innovative work in...
Dick Lanyon
Sep 25, 2023


CSDX39 and the History of the Sludge Express
CSDX is the reporting mark for the District’s local Short Line railroad, and CSDX 39 identifies a former District sludge dump car.
Dick Lanyon
Sep 21, 2023
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