Chicago Sewers Collection

Dates: 1855-circa 2004 (Bulk dates: 1922-1969)
Size: 13.5 linear feet in 16 boxes, includes 951 photographs, 121 glass plate slides
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number: spe-nhrc-csc
Immediate Source of Acquisition: John Waller of the Chicago Department of Sewers transferred the collection to the Library in 2008. A supplement was donated by Lynne Crawford and Cora Mae Hawkins in September 2013. They purchased it at a thrift store in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Conditions Governing Access: Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use: Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection.
Preferred Citation: When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Chicago Sewers Collection [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library.
Finding Aid Author: Original author unknown, 2008 October. Updated in 2019. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2022.

Abstract

The Chicago Sewers Collection contains historical sketches, maps, photographs, plans and reports. The bulk of the materials are photographs that depict the construction and repair of Chicago’s sewers with views above and below ground. The sewer systems span neighborhood sites across the city and include several Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects. A selection of photographs from this collection are available in the Library’s Chicago’s Sewers Digital Collection.

Biographical/Historical

From the establishment of Fort Dearborn in 1803 along the Chicago River to the present day, water and sanitation have always been crucial to Chicago. In the 1830s soldiers from Fort Dearborn cut a new channel through a sandbar that had blocked the mouth of the Chicago River. This channel provided direct access to the river, creating a navigable harbor for ships. The recently incorporated village of Chicago began to grow rapidly on both banks of the Chicago River. Chicago’s new settlers brought livestock and waste. These residents kept hogs and cattle in the alleys. Manure from barns was dumped into the streets and dead livestock were piled along the waterfront. As the village grew, the new residents built further back from the river. When rain fell on Chicago’s low-lying soil, filth collected in shallow bogs and sinkholes. As conditions worsened, the frontier town dug ditches and built streets slanted toward the river, so that waste would drain away when it rained. Garbage was hurled into the ditches and clogged drainage. Even when this primitive system of sanitation worked, it merely shifted the sewage into the river, creating thick, smelly cesspools. By 1845, Chicago was facing an environmental crisis.

Cholera struck Chicago in 1849 and again in 1854. Six consecutive years of cholera and dysentery epidemics impelled the establishment of the Board of Sewerage Commissioners in February 1855. William B. Ogden (Chicago’s first Mayor) was chosen to head the commission, and later, in 1855, Ogden brought Boston engineer Ellis S. Chesbrough to Chicago to design the first comprehensive system of underground sewers in the United States. The Board of Sewerage Commissioners adopted Chesbrough’s plan to drain sewage into the Chicago River, in order to limit the cost and extent of the proposed sewer system. By the spring of 1856 Chesbrough had convinced the Commissioners that the level of Chicago’s streets was much too low to adequately drain the city’s new sewers. He proposed raising the grade of the streets six to ten feet. In this way sewers could be laid on top of existing streets and covered with dirt, and guttered streets could be paved at the new level. Raising the street level created space, not only to accommodate sewer pipes, but gas and water mains as well. Having established a new grade, the process of lifting the city out of the muck began. The Chicago River was dredged to deepen it for sewage, and the soil from the river bottom was used to raise the level of the streets. Owners lifted buildings to meet the new street level; in some cases whole blocks were raised at a time.

The city has faced and overcome many sanitation challenges since Ellis Chesbrough’s arrival in Chicago. In the latter part of the 19th century, the dynamic growth of Chicago’s industries produced an acute industrial waste problem in the Chicago River, which was unsuccessfully combated by a series of enlargements to the Illinois and Michigan Canal, intended to cause the River to flow southwest down the Canal. Later, the establishment of the Chicago Sanitary District in 1889, one of the first regional authorities in the nation, led ultimately to the January 2, 1900, reversal of the flow of the Chicago River, so that waste is carried away from Lake Michigan. Through the years, as new housing was constructed further away from the center of the city, Chicago’s sewers were extended to meet it. By 1930 Chicago’s sewer system was the most extensive in the world.

Scope and Contents

The Chicago Sewers Collection contains historical sketches, maps, photographs, plans and reports. The bulk of the materials are photographs that depict the construction and repair of Chicago’s sewers with views above and below ground from the 1920s-1950s. The sewer systems span neighborhood sites across the city with multiple view of projects at 31st Street, 53rd Street, Addison Street, Anthony Avenue, Berteau Avenue, Beverly Calumet, Broadway Street, Bryn Mawr Avenue, Kostner Avenue, Lamon Avenue, Leamington Avenue, Monroe Street, Polk Street, Vernon Avenue and Wrightwood Avenue. A few of the projects were done as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects. A selection of photographs from this collection are available in the Library’s Chicago’s Sewers Digital Collection.

Boxes 2-3 and Oversize Folders 1-2 form the supplement added in 2019.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two series: Series 1: Documents, 1855-2004, undated and Series 2: Photographs, 1905-circa 1990, undated

Subject Headings

  • Chicago (Ill.) Bureau of Sewers
  • Chicago (Ill.) Department of Water & Sewers
  • Severage -- Illinois -- Chicago
  • Sewer, design
  • Storm sewers
  • Works Progress Administration

Related Materials

  • Chicago Department of Public Works. Bureau of Engineering Photographs
  • Chicago Department of Urban Renewal Records
  • Chicago Department of Water Management
  • Washington, Harold Archives & Collections. Mayoral Records. Infrastructure Sub-Cabinet Records

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Documents, 1855-circa 2004, undated

Scope and Contents

Series 1 contains articles, historical sketches, news clippings, plans and reports about the development of Chicago’s sewerage system. The glass plate slides included in Series 1 contain images made of charts, graphs, maps and other documents.

Arrangement

Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by agency, title or topic.

Box 1 Folder 11 American Public Works Association, Chicago Metropolitan Chapter, award for Chicago Sewer System Construction: 1900-1930, 2000
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.44 Auxiliary outlet sewers bond issues programs, 1954 September
Box 1 Folder 30 Board of Local Improvements, “An Account of the Activities of the Department for the Period 1915-1918,” report, circa 1918
Box 1 Folder 17 “A Brief Outline of the History of Chicago Sewers,” by Harry M. Forrey, typescript, 1943 May 4
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.47 Bureau of Engineering, map of surface contours of Chicago and Vicinity, 1955 March
Box 1 Folder 29 “Calumet District Sewage,” by Rudolph Hering, notes from report, 1907
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.37 Central South Side Sewer System, map, 1945
Box 1 Folder 14 Chicago City Code, sewer recommended amendments to Chapters 82 and 31, undated
Box 1 Folder 13 [Chicago City Code?] sewer revision notes, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.34 Chicago Civilian Defense, Plan for Sewers, call list for squad A1 and A2, circa 1942
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.26 Chicago Civilian Defense, Plan for Sewers, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sewers, Emergency Organization for Civilian Defense organizational chart, circa 1942
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.28 Chicago Civilian Defense, Plan for Sewers, cleaning districts, number and types of gangs for normal operation including standard equipment, circa 1942
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.33 Chicago Civilian Defense, Plan for Sewers, emergency call list for Bureau of Sewers at 408 City Hall, circa 1942
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.32 Chicago Civilian Defense, Plan for Sewers, machinery and heavy equipment for emergency sewer repairs, circa 1942
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.30 Chicago Civilian Defense, Plan for Sewers, machinery and heavy equipment on hand, circa 1942
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.27 Chicago Civilian Defense, Plan for Sewers, outline map for the City of Chicago, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sewers, circa 1942
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.35 Chicago Civilian Defense, Plan for Sewers, report on communications and assembly test of Bureau of Sewers held at 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 18, 1942, circa 1942
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.29 Chicago Civilian Defense, Plan for Sewers, standard equipment repair gangs, repair districts, number of gangs for normal operations including standard equipment, circa 1942
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.31 Chicago Civilian Defense, Plan for Sewers, statistical data for sewer cleaning districts, circa 1942
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.8 Chicago main drainage channel for the dilution and discharge of sewage into the Des Plaines River, map, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.7 Chicago main outfall sewers, map, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.9 Chicago River, map, undated
Box 1 Folder 16 “The Chicago Sewer System,” by George C.D. Lenth, typescript article, 1923 February 1
Box 1 Folder 18 “Chicago Sewer System,” by A.J. Schafmayer, Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, 1944 December
Box 1 Folder 19 “Chicago Sewer System” speech by A.J. Schafmayer, Plumbing Contractors’ Association, 1947 March 11
Box 1 Folder 21 The Chicago Sewer System, 1856-1956: 100 Years of Protecting Chicago’s Health by T.S. Ford and James Moorman, photocopy, 1958
Box 1 Folder 27 Chicago Sewerage: Report of the Results of Examinations in Relation to Sewerage in Several European Cities, photocopy, 1858
Box 1 Folder 22 Chicago Sewers, summary, circa 1960
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.21 Chicago Water System, water main 12" diameter and larger, map, 1911
Box 1 Folder 3 City of Chicago, Board of Local Improvements, estimated cost of sewers, photocopies, circa 1910
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.6 City of Chicago sewerage of town of Lake and Hyde Park, map, undated
Box 2 Folder 6 Concrete Pipe Sewers: A Report Based on Study and Investigation of Results Secured on Sewer Projects, written for the Guidance of Supervisors on Sewer Projects, Works Progress Administration (WPA), 1936
Box 1 Folder 4 Department of Public Works, annual report, 1971
Box 1 Folder 31 Department of Sewers, annual report, 1984
Box 1 Folder 20 Department of Water and Sewers, history notes, 1954 February
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.5 Douglas Park and surrounding area, map, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.15 Drainage of Chicago Region, undated
Box 1 Folder 7 Flood Planning, planning materials, 1939-1963
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.14 Formulas and methods for computing runoff rates, undated
Box 1 Folder 24 “He Pulled Chicago Out of Mud,” news clipping, Chicago Daily News, 1972 January 26
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.42 Hydraulic gradient 10-acre residential lateral, graph, 1946
Box 1 Folder 2 Index to the Sewers of the City of Chicago, by B.F. Davenport, photocopy, 1883
Box 3 Folder 9 Irving Park Boulevard, proposed sewer, 1914
Box 1 Folder 5 “The Lakes to Gulf Waterway,” questions and answers, circa 1930
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.18 Lakeview District, map of relief sewers, 1905 December
Box 2 Folder 2 Lock Joint Pipe Co., Lock Joint Reinforced Concrete Sewer Pipe, catalog, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.20 Map of Chicago and vicinity showing main outfall sewers, 1910 March
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.19 Map of Chicago showing the growth of the city through annexations, 1908
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.11 North Shore Channel, Illinois and Michigan Canal, south branch of Chicago River, Calumet, SAG channels, main channel, the Sanitary District of Chicago, diagram, undated
Box 1 Folder 8 “Organization and Equipment for Sewer Maintenance” by T.S. Ford and Frank J. O’Donnell, Public Works, 1958 May
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.41 Outlet sewer capacities graph, 1946
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.13 Plan of Chicago sewerage, undated
Box 1 Folder 1 Plan Showing Sewers Laid Under the Chicago Sewerage Commissioners to the End of 1857, photocopy, circa 1858
Oversize Folder 1   Plans - Beverly-Calumet projects, 1938-1941
Box 3 Folder 1 Plans - Forest Preserve Avenue Sewer System, 1935-1936
Box 3 Folder 3 Plans - Kostner Avenue Sewer Rehabilitation, 1938
Box 3 Folder 4 Plans - Michigan Avenue sewer projects, 1938-1939
Box 3 Folder 5 Plans - Mt. Greenwood sewer projects, 1935-1936
Box 3 Folder 6 Plans - North Side sewers, 1937-1940
Box 3 Folder 7 Plans - North and Northwest Side sewers, 1937-1939
Box 3 Folder 2 Plans - Sewer Division, Works Progress Administration (WPA), office building plans and project management calendars, 1935-1941
Box 3 Folder 8 Plans - South Side sewers, 1936-1940
Oversize Folder 2   Plans - Various sewer lines, 1936-1939
Box 2 Folder 7 Plans - Various sewer lines, includes 41st-46th Streets, 74th Street, 78th and 82nd Streets, 98th Street, 107th Street, Albany Avenue, Auburn Lakes, Berwyn and Carmen Avenues, Cicero Avenue, Exchange Avenue, Fullerton Avenue, Loop District, North Shore Rehabilitation, Northfield Outfall, Oriole Sewer Extension, Quincey Street, S. Rockwell Street, Trumbull Park Housing Project, Western Avenue and Leavitt Street, Western Springs Outlet, 1936-1939
Box 1 Folder 32 Pollutional Effects of Stormwater and Overflows from Combined Sewer Systems: A Preliminary Appraisal, 1964 November
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.45 Population growth and increase in outlet capacity of sewer systems in the City of Chicago since year 1840, graph, circa 1955
Box 2 Folder 1 Portland Cement Association, Cement Bound Macadam, catalog, undated
Box 2 Folder 3 Portland Cement Association, A Practical Course in Concrete, textbook, [1937]
Box 2 Folder 5 Portland Cement Association, Salvaging Old Pavements with Concrete, catalog, [1938]
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.36 Proposed auxiliary sewers and districts in 1947 program, map, 1944 November 20
Box 1 Folder 9 Proposed Flood Control Projectfor the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, report supplement, 1960 March
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.43 Rainfall comparison with design storm pattern of 5-year frequency, graph, circa 1954
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.3 Rainfall comparisons with design storm pattern of 5-year frequency, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.1 Rainfall intensity-duration curve for 5-year frequency and design storm pattern hyetograph of 5-year rainfall used in the design of sewers, graphs, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.46 Rainfall rates by month and 5-year curve, graph, circa 1955
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.24 Relative deficiencies of existing sewers before any further improvement, map, 1940-1941
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.25 Relative deficiencies of outfall sewers, map, 1940-1941
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.23 Relative deficiencies of revised outlet and existing outlet sewers based on land use, maps, circa 1940-1941
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.38 Relative deficiency of existing outlet sewers before improvement, refers to 3.7, graph, 1946
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.39 Relative deficiency of outlet sewers after improvement, refers to 3.19, graph, 1946
Box 1 Folder 26 Report and Plan of Sewerage for the City of Chicago, Illinois adopted by the Board of Sewers Commissioners, by E.S. Chesbrough, Chief Engineer [reproduction], 1855
Box 2 Folder 4 Robinson Vitrified Clay Sewer Pipe, Engineer’s Manual, 1936
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.40 Runoff computed by modified rational method (Q-FCIA) for uniform type of land use, as indicated, graph, 1946
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.4 Runoff from elemental strips of pervious area with various length of overland flow, lateral sewer hydrograph from 10-acre drainage area with type 5 land use, graph, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.2 Runoff rates from 10-acre fully developed residential area-type 5 land use, graph, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.22 Sanitary District of Chicago, map showing sanitary investigations of rivers and channels, determinations of dissolved oxygen parts per million, average results June, July and August, 1911
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.12 Section of canal pumping works, undated
Box 1 Folder 15 Seven Days in Chicago, sewerage in Chicago, photocopy excerpt, 1878
Box 1 Folder 10 Sewer replacement, news clipping, circa 1979
Box 1 Folder 28 Sewerage: Its Advantages and Disadvantages, Construction and Maintenance, by E.S. Chesbrough, City Engineer, Chicago, Illinois [reproduction], 1877
Box 1 Folder 23 “Sewers - History of Civilization,” news clipping, Chicago Daily News, 1961 October 28
Box 1 Folder 25 Sewers in Chicago, history, circa 1979
Box 3 Folder 10 “State Street Subway Data,” progress report, 1941 August 15
Box 1 Folder 12 Statistics showing the miles of pipes installed from 1899, circa 2004
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.10 Typical Chicago sewer in low ground, diagram, undated

Series 2: Photographs, 1905-circa 1990, undated

Scope and Contents

Series 2 contains photographic prints, photo albums, negatives and glass plate slides depicting sewer construction and repair in neighborhood sites across the city.

Many of the photographs are fully identified with detailed descriptions on the back of the image. This information is the basis for the descriptions listed below. The information is often technical and includes engineering abbreviations. If the photograph was taken above ground, showing the surface of a street or intersection, that information is indicated in the finding guide. Most photographs were taken underground.

The prefix “1” is used for photographic prints and glass plate slides with location and other descriptive information.

The prefix “2” is used for the two albums of photographs that depict the Mount Greenwood neighborhood sewer projects. Album 2.2 is largely a duplicate copy of the Album 2.1. The albums contain photographs of the following streets in this order: St. Louis Avenue, 116th Place, 114th Street, 112th Place, Homan Avenue, 115th Street, 110th Street, Pulaski Road, 119th Street, Central Park, Kedzie Boulevard, 111th Street, 103rd Street, 107th Street, Fairfield Avenue, Francisco Avenue, 102nd Place. The photographs are dated from 1936-1937 and include projects carried out under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

The prefix “3” is used for the maps, graphs, charts and document pages from the Chicago Civilian Defense Plan for Sewers that were reproduced on glass plate slides. These images are described in Series 1 with the other documents.

The prefix “4” is used for the mostly unidentified but dated images.

The prefix “5” is used for the unidentified and undated images.

The prefix “6” is used for the rolls of negatives that cover various locations.

Arrangement

Series 2 is arranged numerically and then alphabetically by street name and then by date within. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 8 Photograph 1.1 21st Street and Canal Street, outfall [See also negative roll 6.1, Box 16], 1958 February
Box 8 Photograph 1.2 21st Street and Canal Street, outfall, above ground [See also Box 16, negative roll 6.1, Box 16], 1958 February
Box 8 Photograph 1.3 21st Street and Canal Street, outfall, 1960 March 22
Box 8 Photographs 1.4-1.7 31st Street, Lake Meadows Project, above ground (4 photographs), undated
Box 4 Photograph 1.8 31st Street and Albany Avenue, sewer showing crack in concrete bulkhead, above ground, 1936 July 3
Box 4 Photograph 1.9 31st Street and Albany Avenue, outfall view showing gap between old and new work, above ground, 1936 July 8
Box 4 Photograph 1.10 31st Street and Albany Avenue, outfall construction with old brick sewer, includes concrete top and east corner of 9-foot brick outfall, above ground, 1936 July 14
Box 4 Photograph 1.11 31st Street and Albany Avenue, outfall repair before closing connection to new outfall, 1936 July 20
Box 4 Photograph 1.12 31st Street and Albany Avenue, M.H. [Main Heading?] west of outfall during rebuilding of 3-foot sewer, 1937 October 10
Box 8 Photograph 1.13 34th Street and South Lawndale Avenue, 84-inch reinforced precast “T” structure being lowered into position, weight approximately 14½ tons, above ground, 1975 April 1
Box 4 Photograph 1.14 35th Place and California Avenue, 15-foot sewer at curve, 1963 December 19
Box 8 Photograph 1.15 37th Place and Sangamon Street, view of sewer, 1969 January 9
Box 8 Photograph 1.16 53rd Street, sewer repair (5 copies), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.17 53rd Street, sewer repair (5 copies), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.18 53rd Street, sewer repair (5 copies), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.19 53rd Street, sewer repair (5 copies), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.20 53rd Street, sewer repair (6 copies), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.21 53rd Street, sewer repair (2 copies), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.22 53rd Street, sewer repair (2 copies), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.23 53rd Street, sewer repair (3 copies), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.24 55th Street and Lake Park, M.H. [Main Heading?] at west crosswalk looking north into 2-foot sewer, abandoned M.S. on left, 1971 November 3
Box 8 Photograph 1.25 55th Street and Lake Park, M.H. [Main Heading?] at west crosswalk looking south into 2-foot sewer, 1971 November 3
Box 8 Photograph 1.26 63rd Street, sewer damage west of Kimbark Street, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.28 79th Street and Dobson Avenue, overflow connection to east, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.27 79th Street and Dobson Avenue, shoulder where 8-foot 3-inch connection meets arch of 12 feet 7¼ inches x 14 feet, looking northwest, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.29 79th Street and Halsted Street, aerial view, looking southwest, undated
Box 14 Photograph 1.30 79th Street and Harvard Avenue, assembling mechanical scraper, 1964 report, page 13-B, 1964 July 1
Box 8 Photograph 1.31 83rd Street and Ellis Avenue, direct flow in 5-foot sewer looking southwest, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.33 83rd Street, tunnel view east of Kimbark Avenue, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.32 83rd Street, tunnel view west of Kimbark Avenue, undated
Box 8 Photographs 1.34-1.44 95th Street and Commercial Avenue, accident scene, above ground (11 photographs), 1982 April 19
Box 8 Photographs 1.45-1.47 95th Street and Commercial Avenue, accident scene, above ground (3 photographs), 1982 April 20
Box 8 Photograph 1.48 99th Street and Torrence Avenue, sewer tunnels, spiral bound booklet of 7 images, including one above ground, undated
Box 4 Photograph 1.49 103rd Street and Rockwell Street, inspecting tile, above ground, 1936 June
Box 4 Photograph 1.50 103rd Street and Rockwell Street, watering pipe, above ground, Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project 2-S-2, 1936 June 16
Box 4 Photograph 1.51 103rd Street and Rockwell Street, reinforcing wire placement for tile, above ground, 1936 June 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.52 105th Street, sewer view west of Ewing Avenue with group of men working under the railroad tracks, above ground, 1925 May 21
Box 16 Photographs 1.53-1.54 107th Street and Hamlin Street, crane failure, above ground, negatives (2 looking south), 1937 September 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.55 107th Street and Hamlin Street, crane failure, above ground, print and negative, 1937 September 23
Box 8 Photograph 1.56 111th Street, 7½-foot sewer tunnel at 1450 west of Eberhart Avenue, Pullman Tunnel, includes Kelly, Foscoe, and Raymond, 1938 April
Box 4 Photograph 1.57 115th Street and Stevenson Avenue, sewer looking east at opening and men tunneling under Pullman Railroad tracks, above ground, 1925 May 21
Box 8 Photograph 1.58 116th Place, Avenue “O,” undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.59 116th Place, Avenue “O,” above ground, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.60 Addison Street, sewer excavation with backhoe with view of old brick sewer, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.61 Addison Street, sewer view east from Wolcott Avenue, with scored pavement ahead of trench, above ground, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.62 Addison Street, outfall looking southwest through gap in wall, suspended C.E. ducts on left, above ground, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.63 Addison Street, outfall east of North Branch, looking southwest of earth dike later removed, 1947 September 9
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.65 Addison Street, outfall looking east northeast at opening in retaining wall, earth dike, above ground, 1947 September 9
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.64 Addison Street, outfall looking northeast from the top of earth dike to opening in retaining wall, above ground, 1947 September 9
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.66 Addison Street, outfall looking southwest through gap in wall, suspended C.E. ducts, 1947 September 9
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.67 Addison Street, outlet excavation turning into Addison Street looking southwest, above ground, 1947 September 9
Box 4 Photograph 1.68 Ainslie Street, looking west from Lincoln Avenue, above ground, 1952 January 15
Box 4 Photograph 1.70 Albany Avenue, brickwork in 9-foot sewer, repaired by Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project 2-S-16, 1936 July 8
Box 4 Photograph 1.69 Albany Avenue, bulkhead looking south at new work, Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project, 2-S-16, 1936 July 8
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.71 Albany Avenue Sewer System, outfall extension looking west, above ground, 1937
Box 4 Photograph 1.72 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], 9-foot diameter concrete sewer (not reinforced), 60-years old with 2-inch construction sheeting forced into sewer by sand movement, after concrete sewer wall failure, 1968 September 12
Box 4 Photograph 1.73 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], 9-foot diameter concrete sewer (not reinforced), 60-years old with sheeting and bracing by Bureau of Sewers and section removal of collapsed concrete sewer wall, 1968 September 20
Box 4 Photograph 1.74 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], 9-foot diameter concrete sewer (not reinforced), 60-years old with sheeting and bracing by Bureau of Sewers, above ground, 1968 September 20
Box 4 Photographs 1.75-1.78 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], 9-foot diameter concrete sewer (not reinforced), 60-years old with 2-inch construction sheeting forced into sewer by sand movement, after concrete sewer wall failure (4 photographs), 1968 September 26
Box 4 Photograph 1.79 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], sewer rebuilding, above ground, circa 1968 October
Box 4 Photographs 1.80-1.81 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], sewer rebuilding (2 photographs), circa 1968 October
Box 4 Photograph 1.82 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], debris removal from invert of 9-foot diameter monolithic concrete sewer to place bag dam and to rebuild invert with brick, 1968 October 2
Box 4 Photographs 1.83-1.85 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], 9-foot diameter concrete sewer (not reinforced), 60-years old, brick repair of invert (3 photographs), 1968 October 2
Box 4 Photographs 1.86-1.87 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], 9-foot diameter concrete sewer (not reinforced), 60-years old, brick repair of invert (2 copies), 1968 October 14
Box 4 Photograph 1.88 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], 9-foot diameter concrete sewer (not reinforced), 60-years old, brick repair of invert, 1968 October 15
Box 4 Photographs 1.89-1.92 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], 9-foot diameter concrete sewer (not reinforced), 60-years old, brick repair of arch with 3 or more rings (4 photographs), 1968 October 15
Box 4 Photograph 1.93 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], 9-foot diameter concrete sewer (not reinforced), 60-years old, brick repair of arch with “head” assembly, 1968 October 15
Box 4 Photographs 1.97-1.98 Anthony Avenue [9350 South Anthony Avenue], 9-foot diameter concrete sewer (not reinforced), 60-years old, brick repair of arch with “head” assembly (2 photographs), 1968 October 17
Box 4 Photographs 1.94-1.96 Anthony Avenue [9350 S. Anthony Avenue], 9-foot diameter concrete sewer (not reinforced), 60-years old, finished brick repair of arch (3 photographs), 1968 October 17
Box 8 Photograph 1.99 Avondale Avenue, siphon sewer south of Foster Avenue, undated
Box 4 Photograph 1.100 Berteau Avenue, bulkhead framing back view, ready to pour walls and arch, above ground, 1930 October
Box 4 Photograph 1.108 Berteau Avenue, 8½-foot brick sewer just west of Crawford Avenue [now Pulaski Road], open-cut construction, with workmen removing the wood forms and cleaning masonry (3 copies and Glass Plate Slide duplicate in Box 10), 1930 October 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.103 Berteau Avenue, 8½-foot brick sewer tunnel looking toward the face of heading, includes Mayor William Hale Thompson and unidentified people (2 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.101 Berteau Avenue, 8½-foot brick sewer tunnel near shaft at Kolmar Avenue, constructed under Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, the Chicago and North Western Railway and the Sellers Mfg. Co., includes Mayor William Hale Thompson; M.J. Faherty, President of the Board of Local Improvements; and Mr. A.J. Schafmayer, Engineer of the Board of Local Improvements, (4 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.102 Berteau Avenue, 8½-foot brick sewer tunnel showing curve and cutting-in of manhole on the left side of the sewer (3 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.105 Berteau Avenue, 8½-foot brick sewer tunnel showing method of disposing of muck in 1 cubic yard dump cards running on 24-inch gauge track, method of timbering and bracing in 4 x 6-inch maple cants with no spaces between the cants, hose suspended from the roof to supply air to the pneumatic air spaces in the heading, includes Mayor William Hale Thompson and unidentified people (3 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.110 Berteau Avenue, 8½ foot brick sewer tunnel showing method of bracing with 4-inch x 6-inch maple cants (3 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.106 Berteau Avenue, construction of 8½-foot brick sewer in west of Crawford Avenue, above ground (Glass Plate Slide duplicate in Box 10), 1930 October 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.111 Berteau Avenue, construction of 14½ x 10½ feet concrete sewer at Kedzie Avenue, including M.J. Faherty, President of the Board of Local Improvements; Mayor William Hale Thompson; and Mr. A.J. Schafmayer, Engineer, Board of Local Improvements, above ground, 1930 October 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.109 Berteau Avenue, construction of Berteau Avenue outfall at North Shore Channel Sanitary District looking southeast, including Mayor William Hale Thompson and Mr. A.J. Schafmayer, Engineer, Board of Local Improvements are pictured, above ground (3 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 5 Photograph 1.113 Berteau Avenue, construction of open cut outfall at North Shore Channel Sanitary District, 14 feet x 9½ feet, looking east, above ground (3 copies and Glass Plate Slide in Box 10), 1930 October 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.104 Berteau Avenue, construction of outfall at North Shore Channel Sanitary District, above ground (4 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 5 Photograph 1.114 Berteau Avenue, construction of outfall at North Shore Channel Sanitary District, looking southeast, above ground (3 copies and Glass Plate Slide duplicate in Box 10), 1930 October 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.107 Berteau Avenue, outfall at North Shore Channel Sanitary District with Mayor William Hale Thompson and unidentified people, above ground (2 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 4 Photograph 1.112 Berteau Avenue, tipple at Kolmar Avenue on 8½-foot brick sewer tunnel, with unidentified people, above ground (2 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 5 Photograph 1.115 Berteau Avenue, view inside 14½ x 10½-foot concrete sewer near outfall showing method of lagging by means of 6-inch ship channel ribs, 1930 October 23
Box 5 Photograph 1.117 Berteau Avenue, looking west toward California Avenue, above ground (2 copies and Glass Plate Slide duplicate in Box 10), 1930 November 2
Box 5 Photograph 1.118 Berteau Avenue, outfall at North Branch Chicago River, showing concrete arch covered with hay to protect it from the cold, above ground (4 copies), 1930 November 2
Box 5 Photograph 1.116 Berteau Avenue, outfall showing excavated trench for 14½ x 10½-foot concrete sewer, steel set for invert pouring and water standing in bottom of trench, above ground (5 copies), 1930 November 2
Box 5 Photograph 1.119 Berteau Avenue, diversion chamber construction at California Avenue, above ground (3 copies and Glass Plate Slide duplicate in Box 10), 1930 November 14
Box 5 Photograph 1.121a Berteau Avenue, diversion chamber construction at California Avenue with Commonwealth Edison 132000-volt oil filled line, supported across trench by a 16-inch x 16-inch timber and wiring (2 copies), 1930 November 14
Box 5 Photograph 1.120 Berteau Avenue, Sanitary District interceptor at California Avenue with part of roof removed, above ground (5 copies), 1930 November 14
Box 5 Photograph 1.121 Berteau Avenue, scaffolding construction inside Sanitary District interceptor at California Avenue, above ground (3 copies), 1930 November 14
Box 5 Photograph 1.122 Berteau Avenue, diversion chamber at California Avenue looking east or downstream, with brick bulkhead where sanitary flow will be diverted to Sanitary District interceptor with a temporary 15-inch tile pipe connection to it for dry weather flow (2 copies and a Glass Plate Slide duplicate in Box 10), 1930 December 9
Box 5 Photograph 1.123 Berteau Avenue, diversion chamber at California Avenue looking west or upstream with temporary brick dam on top of weir (2 copies), 1930 December 9
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.131 Beverly Calumet, arch form section, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.132 Beverly Calumet, arch form section on carriage, arch steel set, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.135 Beverly Calumet, arch completed, above ground, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.133 Beverly Calumet, arch form setting outside by panels, above ground, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.134 Beverly Calumet, arch pouring with inside and outside forms, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.150 Beverly Calumet, arch steel, Laflin Sewer Job, 1-B, 1949
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.125 Beverly Calumet, backfill in International Harvester Company property, south of 119th Street, above ground, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.127 Beverly Calumet, “Backsloped” excavation north of 119th Street, general view, above ground, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.126 Beverly Calumet, excavation at 119th Street, looking north, above ground, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.130 Beverly Calumet, invert, completed stretch, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.129 Beverly Calumet, invert pouring in “Backsloped” section, above ground, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.128 Beverly Calumet, invert steel setting in “Backsloped” section, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.124 Beverly Calumet Sewer System map, undated
Box 5 Photographs 1.136-1.137 Beverly Calumet, sewer construction, 1-A, above ground (2), circa 1949
Box 8 Photograph 1.138 Beverly Calumet, sewer construction, 1-13, handling deep cut, above ground, circa 1949
Box 8 Photograph 1.139 Beverly Calumet, sewer construction, 1-B, M.H. [Main Heading?] chimney, above ground, circa 1949
Box 8 Photographs 1.140-1.148 Beverly Calumet, sewer construction, 3-A, near 110th Place and Morgan Street, above ground (9 photographs), circa 1949
Box 8 Photograph 1.149 Beverly Calumet, sewer construction, 3-A, 112th Place, above ground, 1949
Box 8 Photograph 1.151 Beverly Calumet, squeeze and settlement in deep cut 1-B. N., Laflin and 115th Streets, includes Santucci, contractor and T. Whalon, engineer, circa 1949
Box 8 Photograph 1.152 Beverly Calumet, 36-inch water main suspended, north from near S.L. 111th Street in Laflin Street, above ground, November 1, 1950
Box 8 Photograph 1.153 Beverly Calumet, Boyle contract, 3-A Morgan, 111th Street to 103rd Street showing protective construction for drain stack, manhole on sewer and catch basin connection, above ground, 1952
Box 8 Photograph 1.154 Blackhawk Street, construction, above ground, 1964 April
Box 8 Photograph 1.155 Bloomingdale [Avenue], sewer west of Cicero, 1969 April
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.156 Broadway Street, arch forms in place 8, invert complete, 9-foot sewer in Rokeby Street [now Fremont Street], undated
Box 5 Photographs 1.157-1.158 Broadway Street, construction site, above ground (2 photographs), circa 1927
Box 5 Photograph 1.160 Broadway Street, excavation completed for 10-foot sewer ready for the bricklayers shows clay, wet sand and five sets of 6 x 4-inch maple cants with three-ring 10-foot brick sewer, 1268 feet south of the center line of Leland Avenue, 1927 February 18
Box 5 Photograph 1.165 Broadway Street, excavation completed for 10-foot sewer ready for the bricklayers, shows the steel ribs and lagging, templet is shown at the face (1294 feet south of the center line of Leland Avenue), includes H.E. Hudson, Chief Engineer of Sewers Board of Improvements and T.S. Ford, Assistant Engineer, Board of Local Improvements (2 copies), 1927 February 18
Box 5 Photograph 1.161 Broadway Street, Shaft No. 1 looking west from alley south of Leland Avenue showing sidewalk space used by contractor, worker dressing rooms, elevated structure is the enclosure for the electric hoist, above ground, 1927 February 18
Box 5 Photograph 1.162 Broadway Street, Shaft No. 1 at Leland Avenue looking west, showing access to alley and stores, brick pile is under Elevated trains, above ground, 1927 February 18
Box 5 Photograph 1.159 Broadway Street, Shaft No. 1 at Leland Avenue looking west showing occupation of roadway by contractor with worker dressing room, cement shed, truck under hopper for tunnel excavation and Elevated railroad, above ground, 1927 February 18
Box 5 Photograph 1.163 Broadway Street, Shaft No. 1 at Leland Avenue looking west, showing truck under hopper being loaded with excavated material from tunnels at Broadway Street and Wilson Avenue with two worker dressing rooms and tool house, above ground, 1927 February 18
Box 5 Photograph 1.164 Broadway Street, Shaft No.1 looking southeast from Clifton Avenue showing 20-foot sidewalk, 10-foot sewer built between curb and car track, above ground, 1927 February 18
Box 5 Photograph 1.166 Broadway Street, Shaft No. 2 bottom in Sheridan Road at Buena Avenue looking north, shows elevator guides, bracing and sheeting of the shaft and the 6 x 4-inch maple cants above the masonry of the three-ring 10-foot brick sewer, includes first air lock door, pipe discharging water (2 copies), 1927 February 24
Box 5 Photograph 1.167 Broadway Street, at the bottom of Shaft No. 2 in Sheridan Road at Buena Avenue looking south. Shows the elevator guides, the bracing and sheeting of the shaft and the 6-inch x 4-inch maple cants above the masonry of the 10-foot brick sewer. The first air lock door is open. The white round spot is the glass window in the inner door of the air lock, 1927 February 24
Box 5 Photograph 1.168 Broadway Street, 9-foot sewer in Rokeby Street [now Fremont Street] driving steel sheeting, part of Broadway Sewer System, above ground, 1927 August 24
Box 5 Photograph 1.170 Broadway Street, 9-foot sewer in Rokeby Street [now Fremont Street] looking north, part of Broadway Sewer System, above ground, 1927 August 24
Box 5 Photograph 1.169 Broadway Street, 9-foot sewer in Rokeby Street [now Fremont Street] looking south, part of Broadway Sewer System, above ground, 1927 August 24
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.172 Broadway Street, sewerage project showing bracing methods for wood looking south of Roscoe Street, above ground, 1928 April 25
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.171 Broadway Street, typical open-cut construction, 9-foot sewer in Rokeby Street [now Fremont Street] bricklaying, part of Broadway Sewer System, 1927 August 24
Box 5 Photograph 1.178 Bryn Mawr Avenue, bricklayers, north heading (2 copies), 1930 July 7
Box 5 Photograph 1.177 Bryn Mawr Avenue, bricklayers, south heading (2 copies), 1930 July 7
Box 5 Photograph 1.176 Bryn Mawr Avenue, bulkhead, above ground (3 copies), 1930 July 7
Box 5 Photograph 1.173 Bryn Mawr Avenue, diversion chamber at Marmora Avenue looking southwest, new 9½-foot brick sewer intersects existing 8-foot brick sewer, sanitary flow conveyed to Howard Street Sewage Treatment Plant and storm water diverted at three points to the North Branch of the Chicago River (2 copies), undated
Box 5 Photograph 1.174 Bryn Mawr Avenue, tunnel operation 9½-foot sewer in Miltimore Avenue (2 copies and Glass Plate Slide duplicate in Box 10), 1930 July 7
Box 5 Photograph 1.175 Bryn Mawr Avenue, west heading (2 copies), 1930 July 7
Box 5 Photograph 1.179 Bryn Mawr Avenue, intersection of 5-foot sewer in Nordica Avenue with 5½ foot sewer (Glass Plate Slide duplicate in Box 10), 1930 October 23
Box 5 Photograph 1.180 Bryn Mawr Avenue, concrete bulkhead and apron at outfall in North Branch of Chicago River, bulkhead opening is 14 feet wide and 11 feet high, outfall located in the Forest Preserve near Miltimore Avenue, storm water outlet for the Bryn Mawr Avenue Sewer System, sanitary flow diverted at Bryn Mawr and Marmora Avenues to the Howard Street Sewage Treatment Plant, , above ground (3 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 5 Photograph 1.181 Bryn Mawr Avenue, concrete storm water outfall at North Branch of Chicago River, above ground, 1930 October 23
Box 5 Photograph 1.182 Bryn Mawr Avenue, diversion chamber across Bryn Mawr Avenue in Marmora Avenue looking southwest showing downstream side of the concrete weir, new 9½-foot brick sewer at the north wall of the existing 8-foot brick sewer (2 copies), 1930 December 9
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.183 Bryn Mawr Avenue, downstream side of the weir, looking southwest across Bryn Mawr Avenue in Marmora Avenue, 1930 December 9
Box 8 Photograph 1.184 California Avenue, north of 35th Street, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.185 California Avenue, north of 35th Street and California, pipe, above ground, undated
  Photographs 1.186-1.190 No photographs given these numbers (5)
Box 5 Photograph 1.191 Cottage Grove [115 S. Cottage Grove], transition 48-inch x 66-inch brickwork, circa 1959
Box 6 Photographs 1.192-1.201 Crawford Avenue [now Pulaski Road] (10 photographs), 1922
Box 6 Photograph 1.202 Crawford Avenue [S. Crawford, now Pulaski Road], sewer, Works Progress Administration (WPA) project, above ground, circa 1936-1937
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.203 Damen Avenue and 14th Street, maintenance and repair work through 3½-foot sewer, above ground, undated
Box 6 Photographs 1.204-1.205 Damen and Lawrence Avenues, sewer construction, above ground (2 photographs), 1988 October 20
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.206 Dearborn Street, profile of 12-inch sewer from Adams Street to Monroe Street, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.207 Devon Avenue, sewer system, typical bulkhead and outfall, above ground, 1931 January 14
Box 8 Photograph 1.208 Diversey Avenue and Hamlin Avenue, M.H. [Main Heading?] view from part way up to south on brick sewer with plank (and bag) dam for weir in south wall of Diversey Avenue, weir built up 5 courses to reduce dry flow in Wrightwood relief sewer at Logan Boulevard and Elston Avenue gate chamber, 1959 October 15
Box 8 Photographs 1.209-1.212 Diversey Avenue, sewer chamber (4 photographs), 1959 October 15
Box 8 Photographs 1.213-1.214 Diversey Avenue, dam 6-foot sewer at junction and take-off for Hamlin branch of Wrightwood relief sewer with J.S. sitting on a plank and sponge rubber (2 photographs), 1959 October 15
Box 8 Photographs 1.215-1.216 Diversey Avenue, sewer chamber (2 photographs), 1959 October 15
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.217 Federal Street, profile of 12-foot sewer in Federal Street from Harrison Street to Polk Street, undated
Box 10 Glass Plate Slide 1.218 Forest Preserve Road, sewer System outfall, looking east from bank shows highway bridge on railroad, above ground, 1931 January 14
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.219 Forest Preserve Road, sewer system outfall at east bank of Des Plaines River, 1932 January 14
Box 8 Photograph 1.220 Foster Avenue, outlet of siphon sewer at exit ramp, 1964 December
Box 6 Photograph 1.221 Foster Avenue, sewer tunnel, 1967 May 24
Box 6 Photograph 1.222 Foster Avenue, sewer tunnel work, 1967 May 24
Box 6 Photograph 1.223 Foster Avenue, tunnel construction east of Karlov Avenue, 1967 May 24
Box 8 Photograph 1.224 Foster Avenue, siphon, view from east wall outlet chamber, 1984 September 24
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.225 Fullerton Avenue, City of Chicago plan and profile for Fullerton conduit, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.226 Fulton Avenue and Rockwell Street, entrance into material yard by trucks, includes Mr. Pepper with rule, above ground, 1980 May 15
Box 8 Photograph 1.227 Glenwood and Albion Avenues, sewer construction, above ground, circa 1932
Box 6 Photograph 1.228 Greenwood Avenue [5100 S.], sewer construction or repair, 1974 April 2
Box 8 Photograph 1.229 Halsted Street, trench east half of Halsted Street north of Cabrini, preparing for laying of 4-foot reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer (University of Illinois Chicago), undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.230 Halsted Street, 4-foot reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer looking east and north of Cabrini [Green], concrete base for M.H. [Main Heading?] at station 2 and 98, above ground, 1963 July
Box 8 Photograph 1.231 Halsted Street, retainer wall east side of Cabrini [Green], 1963 July 24
Box 6 Photograph 1.232 Hiawatha Drive, sewer opening, retaining walls and steam shovels, looking east on Hiawatha Drive, near east Algonquin Avenue, 1925 May 22
Box 6 Photograph 1.233 Homan Avenue, north of 112th Place, sewer construction looking south, above ground, 1936 June 23
Box 8 Photograph 1.234 Homan Avenue, siphon at Congress Street with secondary east 54-inch barrel looking south through open cleanout into tunnel, 1955 July 9
Box 8 Photograph 1.235 Indiana Avenue, 4-A sewer inspection, 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photographs 1.236-1.238 Indiana Avenue, 4-A sewer inspection (3 photographs), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photographs 1.239-1.240 Indiana Avenue, 4-A sewer inspection (2 photographs), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.243 Indiana Avenue, 4-A sewer inspection, 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.244 Indiana Avenue, 4-A sewer inspection (3 copies), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photographs 1.241-1.242 Indiana Avenue, 4-A sewer inspection by Kloman, above ground (2 photographs), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.245 Indiana Avenue, 4-A sewer inspection by Zukowski and Kloman, 84th Street connection to east (2 copies), 1953 April 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.246 Irving Park Road and Springfield Avenue, brick junction chamber, 1960 September 15
Box 8 Photograph 1.247 [South] Kedzie Avenue, 5-foot diameter under bridge 76th shows Armco asbestos and tar liners, 1978 April 25
Box 6 Photograph 1.248 Kilbourn Avenue, easement in P.G.L. and C. Co. [People’s Gas] plant in Kilbourn Avenue extension south Chicago River near 37th Street, hand excavation, Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project 3734, excavation station 16 and 0, above ground, circa 1938
Box 6 Photograph 1.249 Kilbourn Avenue, “Needle Beam” use in 18 x14-foot, 4-inch sewer tunnel in easement in P.G.L. and C. Co. [People’s Gas] plant under Sanitary District Canal spoil bank, Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project 3734, tunnel excavation station 1 and 00, circa 1939
Box 6 Photograph 1.250 Kilbourn Avenue, arch station 12 and 50 with 4-inch in easement in P.G.L. and C. Co. [People’s Gas] plant near 38th Street, Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project 3734, above ground, circa 1939
Box 6 Photograph 1.251 Kilbourn Avenue, backfill around 24-inch gas main with 4-inch sewer in easement in P.G.L. and C. Co. [People’s Gas] plant near 39th Street extended east, Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project 3734, above ground, 1939 November
Box 8 Photograph 1.252 Kostner Avenue, sewer system, map, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.254 Kostner Avenue, backfill on Lexington Street looking east, above ground, 1948 November 30
Box 8 Photograph 1.255 Kostner Avenue, backhoe excavation, approximately 25 feet, 1948 November 30
Box 8 Photograph 1.256 Kostner Avenue, bulldozer makes bottom and side cuts ahead of bottom braces, 1948 November 30
Box 8 Photograph 1.259 Kostner Avenue, invert arch forms, 1948 November 30
Box 8 Photograph 1.257 Kostner Avenue, invert excavation, 1948 November 30
Box 8 Photograph 1.253 Kostner Avenue, looking west on Lexington Street from west of Kostner, above ground, 1948 November 30
Box 8 Photograph 1.258 Kostner Avenue, “pump-crete” pipeline on intermediate bracing system, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.260 Kostner Avenue, 2-D opposite 8-inch D.C. (east wall) 20 feet north, 3rd M.H. [Main Heading?] south of North Avenue, 1959 March 23
Box 8 Photograph 1.261 Kostner Avenue, 2-D 8-inch D.C. (west) 20 feet north, 3rd M.H. [Main Heading?] south of North Avenue at flow line, shows corrosion hole through wall of 84-inch concrete sewer, 1959 March 23
Box 8 Photograph 1.262 Kostner Avenue, 2-D corrosive action at dry weather flow line of 84-inch diameter concrete pipe south of 3rd M.H. [Main Heading?] south of North Avenue, 1959 March 23
Box 8 Photographs 1.263-1.264 Kostner Avenue, M.H. [Main Heading?], west view in private street (LeMoyne Avenue) with concrete block eaten away at water line over 8-inch drain, serves Murnane Paper Company and Helene Curtis (2 photographs), 1959 March 23
Box 8 Photograph 1.265 Kostner Avenue, 2-D opposite 8-inch D.C. (east wall) 20 feet north, 3rd M.H. [Main Heading?] south of North Avenue, 1959 March 23
Box 8 Photograph 1.266 Kostner Avenue, 2-D, 8-inch D.C. (west) 20 feet north of 3rd M.H. [Main Heading?] south of North Avenue, 1959 March 23
Box 8 Photograph 1.267 Kostner Avenue, 2-D, 8-inch D.C., 20 feet north of M.H. [Main Heading?] 3rd south of North Avenue flow into stream of 84-inch concrete pipe, invert gone below point of impact (2 copies), 1959 March 23
Box 8 Photographs 1.275-1.278 Kostner Avenue, Helene Curtis drain, general view (4 photographs), 1960 March 17
Box 8 Photograph 1.270 Kostner Avenue, Helene Curtis drain repair near LeMoyne Avenue, 1960 March 17
Box 8 Photograph 1.268 Kostner Avenue, sewer flume set-up near LeMoyne Avenue, 1960 March 14
Box 8 Photograph 1.271 Kostner Avenue, sewer looking south near LeMoyne Avenue, shows east wall flume, sump pump below Helene Curtis drain (2 copies), 1960 March 17
Box 8 Photograph 1.274 Kostner Avenue, sewer west wall under Helene Curtis drain, north of private street near LeMoyne Avenue, 1960 March 17
Box 8 Photograph 1.272 Kostner Avenue, sewer northeast side showing steel exposed by acids from Helene Curtis opposite 8-inch drain and flume, bag dam to divert water from repair area, near LeMoyne Avenue, 1960 March 17
Box 8 Photograph 1.269 Kostner Avenue, sump pump below Helene Curtis drain, near LeMoyne Avenue looking south, 1960 March 17
Box 8 Photograph 1.273 Kostner Avenue, three working platforms, flume, near LeMoyne Avenue, looking north (2 copies), 1960 March 17
Box 8 Photograph 1.279 Kostner Avenue, view near LeMoyne Avenue, 1960 March 28
Box 8 Photograph 1.281 Kostner Avenue, Helene Curtis 8-inch drain repaired, looking north, (2 copies), 1960 March 30
Box 8 Photograph 1.280 Kostner Avenue, Helene Curtis 8-inch drain repaired, looking south (3 copies), 1960 March 30
Box 8 Photograph 1.282 Kostner Avenue, Helene Curtis drain, repair area, 1960 March 30
Box 8 Photograph 1.283 Kostner Avenue, Helene Curtis drain, repair area (3 copies), 1960 March 30
Box 6 Photograph 1.284 Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street Beach sewer, looking north, above ground, 1937 August 1
Box 8 Photograph 1.285 Lake Shore Drive, looking north from North Avenue pedestrian bridge, above ground (see also negative roll 6.3, Box 16), 1966 March 17
Box 9 Photograph 4.63 Lake Shore Drive, looking north from North Avenue pedestrian bridge, above ground (see also negative roll 6.3, Box 16), 1966 March 17
Box 8 Photograph 1.286 Lamon Avenue, 18-inch vitrified tile pipe (V.T.P.) laid south of Bryn Mawr Avenue, includes C. Tunno, above ground, 1957 October 12
Box 8 Photographs 1.287-1.288 Lamon Avenue, completed weir in opening of 8½-inch eastbound sewer at Wrightwood Avenue built to reduce dry weather flow at Logan Boulevard and Elston Avenue (2 photographs), 1959 November 10
Box 8 Photograph 1.289 Langley Avenue, construction on west side of Langley Avenue, north of 61st Street, above ground (2 copies), circa 1957
Box 8 Photographs 1.290-1.292 Langley Avenue, construction on west side of Langley Avenue, north of 61st Street, above ground (3 photographs), circa 1957
Box 8 Photograph 1.293 Langley Avenue, construction on west side of Langley Avenue, south of Diversey on Kilpatrick Avenues (2 copies), circa 1957
Box 8 Photograph 1.294 Laramie and Lawrence Avenues, gas 65 inches down, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.296 Laramie and Lawrence Avenues, above ground, 1973-1974
Box 8 Photograph 1.295 Laramie and Lawrence Avenues, pipe, above ground, 1973-1974
Box 8 Photograph 1.297 Laramie and Lawrence Avenues, shecking next to shaft, 1973 August-September
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.298 LaSalle Street, diagram of 12-foot sewer profile from Monroe Street to Madison Street, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.299 LaSalle Street, diagram of partial section of Continental National Bank Building, southwest corner of LaSalle and Adams Streets, undated
Box 8 Photographs 1.300-1.301 LaVergne Avenue, sewer tunnel between Roscoe Street and Belmont Avenue (2 photographs), 1956
Box 6 Photograph 1.302 Lawndale Outfall, Works Progress Administration Project (WPA), above ground, 1936-1937
Box 8 Photograph 1.303 Lawrence Avenue, Sanitary District diversion chamber weir 5 feet west of North Shore Channel (see also negative roll 6.1, Box 16), 1958 March 10
Box 8 Photograph 1.304 Lawrence Avenue, Sanitary District diversion west of North Shore Channel, looking north (see also negative roll 6.1, Box 16), 1958 March 10
Box 8 Photograph 1.305 Leamington Avenue, sewer construction 1-A at alley in 49th Street east of Cicero (see also negative roll 6.1, Box 16), 1958 March 14
Box 8 Photograph 1.309 Leamington Avenue, sewer construction 1-A at 49th Street east of Cicero Avenue at alley, above ground (see also negative roll 6.1, Box 16), 1958 March 14
Box 8 Photograph 1.306 Leamington Avenue, sewer construction 1-A at 49th Street near LaCrosse Avenue, above ground (see also negative roll 6.1, Box 16), 1958 March 14
Box 8 Photograph 1.308 Leamington Avenue, sewer construction 1-A at 49th Street west of Cicero Avenue (LaCrosse), 1-A, above ground (see also negative roll 6.1, Box 16), 1958 March 14
Box 8 Photograph 1.307 Leamington Avenue, sewer construction 1-A at alley east of Cicero Avenue in 49th Street, above ground (see also negative roll 6.1, Box 16), 1958 March 14
Box 8 Photograph 1.310 Leamington Avenue, sewer construction 1-A west of Cicero Avenue in 49th Street (LaCrosse), above ground (see also negative roll 6.1, Box 16), 1958 March 14
Box 6 Photograph 1.311 Leamington Avenue, sewer construction 1-C, general view north from station 14 and 00, above ground, 958 August 20
Box 8 Photographs 1.312-1.314 Leamington Avenue, sluice gate control with moisture on walls (3 photographs), 1966 March 17
Box 8 Photograph 1.316 Leamington Avenue, sluice gate control with moisture on wall and ceiling, 1966 March 17
Box 8 Photograph 1.315 Leamington Avenue, sluice gate control with water on floor, 1966 March 17
Box 6 Photograph 1.317 Loop, “Workmen Burrow Through Clay 40 Feet Under Loop,” news clipping on back, 1937 January 18
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.318 Magnolia Avenue, 8½ foot connection of Thorndale Avenue, straight ahead, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.319 Magnolia Avenue, Y junction of 7 feet, circa 1931
Box 6 Photograph 1.320 Magnolia Avenue, looking north from below the arch centering, shows three sets of sheeting, 24-foot cut, 1931 April 9
Box 6 Photograph 1.322 Magnolia Avenue, sewer construction, above ground, 1931 April 9
Box 6 Photograph 1.321 Magnolia Avenue, sewer tunnel, 1931 April 9
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.324 Magnolia Avenue, 11-foot junction with 16-foot Lawrence Avenue, 1931 April 20
Box 6 Photograph 1.323 Magnolia Avenue, 11-foot junction with 16-foot Lawrence Avenue showing cofferdam, springing line span is 22 feet, 1931 April 20
Box 6 Photograph 1.325 Magnolia Avenue, direct intersection and reverse overflow at Pratt Boulevard and Sheridan Road, 1932 September 21
Box 6 Photograph 1.326 Magnolia Avenue, 8½-foot connection with 11 feet at Glenwood Avenue and Thorndale Avenue looking upstream, 1933 August 11
Box 8 Photographs 1.327-1.335 Magnolia Avenue, west side of Magnolia Avenue, south of LeMoyne Avenue, above ground (9 photographs), 1962 April 11
Box 8 Photograph 1.336 Michigan Avenue, outfall at Wacker Drive looking northeast, middle chamber section not yet started, above ground, 1939 May 25
Box 8 Photograph 1.337 Milwaukee Avenue Bridge at the Como Inn (Ohio Street), construction to straighten two H.P. per State Engineer [Jospeh] Peck, above ground, 1960 June
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.338 Monroe Street, diagram with profile of 2-foot x 2¼-foot sewer from Wabash Avenue to Dearborn Street, undated
Box 6 Photograph 1.339 Monroe Street, 12 x 9½-foot monolithic concrete sewer with construction of concrete invert, existing sewer drains and connections suspended by galvanized iron pipe (2 copies), 1930 August 29
Box 6 Photograph 1.347 Monroe Street, completed 12 x 9½ foot concrete sewer after truck dumped a load of earth as backfill, above ground (3 copies), 1930 August 29
Box 6 Photograph 1.343 Monroe Street, construction of 12 x 9½ foot concrete sewer with batch truck dumping cement and aggregates into mixer for arch as workmen place reinforcing steel, above ground (2 copies), 1930 August 29
Box 6 Photograph 1.340 Monroe Street, construction of Monroe Street Sewer System, above ground (2 copies), 1930 August 29
Box 6 Photograph 1.341 Monroe Street, construction of Monroe Street Sewer System, above ground (2 copies), 1930 August 29
Box 6 Photograph 1.342 Monroe Street, construction of Monroe Street Sewer System, above ground (2 copies), 1930 August 29
Box 6 Photographs 1.344-1.346 Monroe Street, construction of Monroe Street Sewer System, above ground (3 photographs), 1930 August 29
Box 6 Photograph 1.348 Monroe Street, construction of Monroe Street Sewer System, above ground (2 copies), 1930 August 29
Box 6 Photograph 1.349 Monroe Street, construction of Monroe Street Sewer System, above ground (2 copies), 1930 August 29
Box 6 Photograph 1.351 Monroe Street, bottom of 11 x 9-foot concrete sewer in Monroe Street at Ashland Boulevard with 30-inch water main extending across the ditch, includes M.J. Faherty, President of the Board of Local Improvements; Mayor William Hale Thompson; J. Casey, General Superintendent, Underground Construction Co.; and A.J. Schafmayer, Engineer, Board of Local Improvements, above ground (2 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 6 Photograph 1.350 Monroe Street, construction of 11 x 9-foot concrete sewer in Monroe Street at Ogden Avenue includes M.J. Faherty, President of the Board of Local Improvements; Mayor William Hale Thompson; and A.J. Schafmayer, Engineer, Board of Local Improvements are pictured, above ground (2 copies), 1930 October 23
Box 6 Photograph 1.355 Monroe Street, asphalt top, Wood Street looking north from a point 50 feet north of Jackson Boulevard, above ground, circa 1931 July 1
Box 6 Photograph 1.356 Monroe Street, road preparation at Peoria Street looking north from a point at the N.L. of 13 N. Peoria Street, above ground, 1931 July 1
Box 6 Photograph 1.358 Monroe Street, road preparation at Peoria Street looking north from a point 75 feet north of N.L. Jackson Boulevard, above ground (2 copies), 1931 July 1
Box 6 Photograph 1.357 Monroe Street, road preparation at Peoria Street looking southeast from the southwest curb corner of Randolph Street, above ground (3 copies), 1931 July 1
Box 6 Photograph 1.352 Monroe Street, road preparation at Wood Street looking north from the alley south of Warren Avenue, above ground. (2 copies), 1931 July 1
Box 6 Photograph 1.353 Monroe Street, road preparation at Wood Street looking south from a point 5 feet south of N.L. Ogden Avenue, above ground, 1931 July 1
Box 6 Photograph 1.354 Monroe Street, road preparation at Wood Street looking north from a point 50 feet north of Jackson Boulevard, above ground (2 copies), 1931 July 1
Box 6 Photograph 1.359 Monroe Street, concrete base, Peoria Street facing north, above ground, 1931 July 8
Box 7 Photograph 1.361 Monroe Street, concrete base, Peoria Street facing southwest, above ground, 1931 July 8
Box 7 Photograph 1.362 Monroe Street, concrete base, Wood Street, above ground, 1931 July 8
Box 6 Photograph 1.360 Monroe Street, concrete base, Wood Street looking south from a point 5 feet south of N.L. Ogden Avenue, above ground, 1931 July 8
Box 7 Photograph 1.363 Monroe Street, concrete base, Wood Street looking south from a point 5 feet north of S.L. Madison Street and 5 feet west of east curb, above ground, 1931 July 8
Box 7 Photograph 1.366 Monroe Street, concrete base, Peoria Street facing north, above ground, 1931 August 7
Box 7 Photograph 1.367 Monroe Street, concrete base, Peoria Street facing southwest, above ground, 1931 August 7
Box 7 Photograph 1.365 Monroe Street, concrete base, Peoria Street looking southeast from the southwest curb corner of Randolph Street, above ground, 1931 August 7
Box 7 Photograph 1.364 Monroe Street, asphalt top, Wood Street looking south from a point 5 feet north of S.L. Madison Street and 5 feet west of east curb, above ground, circa 1931
Box 7 Photograph 1.368 Monroe Street, asphalt top, Wood Street looking south from a point 5 feet south of N.L. Ogden Avenue, above ground, 1931 August 7
Box 7 Photograph 1.369 Monroe Street, asphalt top, Peoria Street looking southwest, 1931 August 26
Box 7 Photograph 1.370 Monroe Street, asphalt top, Peoria Street looking Peoria Street looking north, above ground, 1931 August 26
Box 7 Photograph 1.371 Monroe Street, asphalt top, Peoria Street looking southeast from the southwest curb corner of Randolph Street, above ground, 1931 August 26
Box 7 Photograph 1.374 Monroe Street, [sewer tunnel], looking east, above ground (4 copies), 1955 October 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.372 Monroe Street, [sewer tunnel], looking northeast, above ground (4 copies), 1955 October 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.373 Monroe Street, sewer tunnel (3 copies), 1955 October 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.375 Monroe Street, sewer tunnel, 1955 October 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.376 Monroe Street, sewer tunnel (3 copies), 1955 October 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.377 Monroe Street, sewer tunnel (3 copies), 1955 October 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.378 Monroe Street, sewer tunnel (2 copies), 1955 October 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.379 Monroe Street, sewer tunnel (3 copies), 1955 October 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.380 Monroe Street, sewer tunnel (4 copies), 1955 October 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.381 Monroe Street, sewer tunnel (4 copies), 1955 October 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.382 Monroe Street, sewer tunnel (3 copies), 1955 October 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.392 Monroe Street, [sewer tunnel] looking southwest, above ground (4 copies), 1955 November 4
Box 8 Photographs 1.387-1.388 Monroe Street, siphon (2), 1955 November 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.386 Monroe Street, siphon diversion to old sewer at west end, 1955 November 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.391 Monroe Street, siphon looking west, under drain tile on ground, above ground (2 copies), 1955 November 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.390 Monroe Street, siphon outlet, primary tube, 1955 November 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.383 Monroe Street, siphon outlet, primary BBL, 1955 November 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.384 Monroe Street, siphon outlet, secondary BBL, 1955 November 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.385 Monroe Street, siphon outlet, tertiary BBL, 1955 November 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.393 Monroe Street, sewer, form for siphon, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.397 Monroe Street, sewer construction parking lot, above ground, circa 1955
Box 8 Photographs 1.394-1.396 Monroe Street, sewer looking east, above ground (3 photographs), circa 1955
Box 8 Photograph 1.398 Monroe Street, excavation form for siphon, includes M.J. Boyd and Ed Harris from the Sewer Department, above ground, undated
Box 13 Album 2.1 Mount Greenwood Sewer, photograph album with 146 images, sewer construction in Mount Greenwood neighborhood, Works Progress Administration (WPA) project # 3733 [most photographs are described and dated], 1936-1937
Box 13 Album 2.2 Mount Greenwood Sewer, photograph album with 147 images, sewer construction in Mount Greenwood neighborhood, Works Progress Administration (WPA) project # 3733 [most duplicate Album 2.1, but some differences], 1936-1937
Box 7 Photograph 1.403 Natchez Avenue, 9½ x 12-foot concrete sewer near outfall, 1929 September 20
Box 7 Photograph 1.400 Natchez Avenue, curve and intersection at 52nd Street and Central Avenue (duplicate Glass Plate Slide in Box 11), 1929 September 20
Box 7 Photograph 1.399 Natchez Avenue, construction of 5½ foot sewer in Central Avenue north of Archer Avenue, above ground, 1929 September 20
Box 7 Photograph 1.401 Natchez Avenue, junction chamber at 51st Street (duplicate Glass Plate Slide in Box 11), 1929 September 20
Box 7 Photograph 1.402 Natchez Avenue, junction chamber at 51st Street and Natchez Avenue, 1929 September 20
Box 8 Photograph 1.404 Neenah Avenue, moving soil between Neenah and Nashville Avenues, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.405 Neenah Avenue, excavation northwest of expressway, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photographs 1.406, 1.408 Neenah Avenue, tunnel with muck car in alley north of Diversey Avenue between Neenah and Nashville Avenues, 1957 September 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.407 Neenah Avenue, tunnel view, alley north of Diversey Avenue between Neenah and Nashville Avenues, 1957 September 4
Box 7 Photograph 1.410 Ogden Avenue, view of Ogden Avenue subway at Chicago and North Western Railway tracks between Carpenter and Sangamon Streets, looking southwest, above ground, 1925 May 18
Box 7 Photograph 1.409 Ogden Avenue, view on Ogden Avenue subway at Chicago and North Western Railway tracks between Carpenter and Sangamon Streets looking west, above ground, 1925 May 18
Box 8 Photographs 1.411-1.413 O’Hare Field, outfall, northwest field, scouring of asphalt lining of Armco pipe, above ground (see also negative roll 6.3, Box 16) (3 photographs), 1966 March 17
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.414 Paulina Street Sewer System, auxiliary outlet sewers, map, 1946 September
Box 7 Photograph 1.415 Pine Grove Avenue, north of Sheridan Road, 1969 June 25
Box 8 Photographs 1.416-1.417 Pioneer and Balmoral Avenues, pipe, above ground (2 photographs), 1963 August
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.418 Plymouth Place, profile of 12-foot sewer in Plymouth Place from Harrison Street to Polk Street, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.419 Polk Street, Polk Street Sewer profile, 1910
Box 8 Photograph 1.420 Polk Street, breaking out east half of Halsted Street before excavating for placement of 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer, above ground, 1963 July 18
Box 8 Photograph 1.424 Polk Street, 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer between footings, looking northeast, above ground, 1963 August 2
Box 8 Photograph 1.421 Polk Street, digging west half of Halsted Street using clam bucket, looking east, above ground, 1963 August 2
Box 8 Photograph 1.422 Polk Street, excavation of west half of Halsted Street looking south, above ground, 1963 August 2
Box 8 Photograph 1.423 Polk Street, Halsted Street, west half, looking southeast, above ground, 1963 August 2
Box 8 Photograph 1.425 Polk Street, Halsted Street, west half, 1963 August 2
Box 8 Photograph 1.427 Polk Street, 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer between footings and columns, view southeast, above ground, 1963 August 15
Box 8 Photograph 1.426 Polk Street, M.H. [Main Heading?] A-5, sewer in place between footings and columns, view west, above ground, 1963 August 15
Box 8 Photograph 1.428 Polk Street, engineers checking grade on replaced 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) between station 6 and 30 and station 6 and 97, looking east, above ground, 1963 August 22
Box 8 Photograph 1.430 Polk Street, backfill ground over 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer between footing and columns, looking southwest, above ground, 1963 August 27
Box 8 Photograph 1.429 Polk Street, hand digging operation looking west across Blue Island Avenue, above ground, 1963 August 27
Box 8 Photograph 1.431 Polk Street, duct line, excavated area beyond sheeting line, damage inspection, C.E. Co. looking northeast, above ground, 1963 September 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.432 Polk Street, 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer line damage, looking west, above ground, 1963 September 5
Box 8 Photograph 1.433 Polk Street, duct line and 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer damage inspection at C.E. Co., looking west, above ground, 1963 September 5
Box 8 Photograph 1.434 Polk Street, backhoe clearing shifted ground along C.E. Co. line and sewer line, looking west, above ground, 1963 September 5
Box 8 Photograph 1.435 Polk Street, sewer line after pipe removal completed, looking west, above ground, 1963 September 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.436 Polk Street, 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sections removed after sewer shifted, above ground, 1963 September 16
Box 8 Photograph 1.437 Polk Street, pouring upper half connection at Polk Street and Morgan Street station 17 and 95, looking east, 1963 September 20
Box 8 Photograph 1.438 Polk Street, connection at Polk Street and Morgan Street station 17 and 95, looking northwest, above ground, 1963 September 23
Box 8 Photograph 1.439 Polk Street, connection at Polk Street and Morgan Street station 17 and 95, looking west, above ground, 1963 September 23
Box 8 Photograph 1.440 Polk Street, welding angle plates to longitudinal beams between station 5 and 77 and station 7 and 07, 1963 October 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.441 Polk Street, placing 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer (gasket type), looking east at station 5 and 77 approximately, longitudinal beams plus concrete bed cradle pipe, above ground, 1963 October 8
Box 8 Photograph 1.442 Polk Street, 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer on cradle structure between station 5 and 77 and station 7 and 07, above ground, 1963 October 9
Box 8 Photograph 1.443 Polk Street, 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer between station 5 and 77 and station 7 and 07, showing mastic sealed joints, viewing west, close-up, above ground, 1963 October 9
Box 14 Photograph 1.444 Polk Street, 48-inch reinforced concrete pipe (R.C.P.) sewer tied to longitudinal beams with steel rods, 1964 report, page 13 “D”, above ground, 1963 October 11
Box 8 Photograph 1.445 Pratt Boulevard, 13-foot x 13-foot sewer, Contract #1, looking west from near Rockwell Street and Talman Avenue, 1958 May
Box 8 Photograph 1.446 Pratt Boulevard, muck in 13-foot x 13-foot sewer, west of Rockwell Street, Contract #1 and Ceccone opening, Contract #2B, 1958 May
Box 8 Photograph 1.449 Pulaski Road, 7½-foot diameter of Pulaski Road Sewer, looking northwest, discharge of 18-inch diameter from Nalco Chemical Company, 1970 July 1
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.447 Pulaski Road Sewer System, 7½ foot pre-cast reinforced concrete pipe, south of 71st Street, above ground, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.448 Pulaski Road Sewer System, 7-foot pre-cast concrete pipe sewer south of 79th Street looking north above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.451 Quincy Street, Chicago River to Jefferson Street, includes R. Kloman; W. Kelly; J. Lugowski; and R. Pontarelli, 1953 April 29
Box 8 Photograph 1.456 Quincy Street, tunnel inspection, Chicago River to Jefferson Street, 1953 April 29
Box 8 Photographs 1.453-1.455 Quincy Street, tunnel Chicago River to Jefferson Street (3 photographs), 1953 April 29
Box 8 Photograph 1.450 Quincy Street, sewer inspection in tunnel, 1953 April 29
Box 8 Photograph 1.452 Quincy Street, sewer inspection in tunnel, drain in operation (2 copies), 1953 April 29
Box 7 Photograph 1.457 Ridge Avenue [West Ridge Avenue], trench work on West Ridge Avenue Sewer System, above ground, undated
Box 7 Photograph 1.458 Ridge Avenue [West Ridge Avenue], trench work on West Ridge Avenue Sewer System, sheeting and pumping methods for Chicago sewer trench, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.459 River Road [East River Road], M.H. [Main Heading?] construction on 15-inch sanitation sewer, east side south of Lawrence Avenue, 1957 September 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.460 River Road [East River Road], M.H. [Main Heading?] and sewer construction in east side, south of Lawrence Avenue, above ground, 1957 September 4
Box 8 Photograph 1.461 River Road [East River Road], machine excavation looking south near Wilson Avenue, south of Lawrence, above ground, 1957 September 4
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 1.462 Roscoe and Wrightwood sewer systems, auxiliary outlet sewers, map, undated
Box 8 Photographs 1.466-1.470 Roscoe Street, #7, sewer construction between Mobile and Austin Avenues, above ground (5 photographs), 1958 February
Box 8 Photographs 1.463-1.465 Roscoe Street, #7, sewer construction between Mobile and Austin Avenues, above ground (3 photographs), 1958 February
Box 8 Photograph 1.472 Roscoe Street, Deep Tunnel connection, looking west with shaft laggings above the excavation, 1980 June 1
Box 8 Photograph 1.471 Roscoe Street, outfall, looking south, new shaft and connection into Deep Tunnel, 1980 June 1
Box 8 Photograph 1.473 Sayre Avenue, looking northwest toward Newport Avenue (7001 Newport), above ground, 1964 July 7
Box 7 Photograph 1.474 Sheridan Road, 8½ foot connection in Thorndale Avenue looking downstream, 1933
Box 8 Photograph 1.475 Stony Island Avenue, 33-inch sewer, looking south of 83rd Street, undated
Box 7 Photograph 1.476 Stony Island Avenue, 15-inch incinerator plant sewer start, looking east from Stony Island Avenue line south of 103rd Street, 1957 April 30
Box 9 Photographs 4.1-4.2 Unidentified location (2 photographs), 1957 May 3
Box 9 Photographs 4.3-4.22 Unidentified location (20 photographs), 1964 April
Box 9 Photographs 4.23-4.24 Unidentified location (2 photographs), 1964 June
Box 14 Photographs 4.25-4.26 Unidentified locations, sand-in, images used in 1964 report, 1964 November 2
Box 7 Photograph 4.27 Unidentified location, 1964 November 4
Box 9 Photographs 4.28-4.34 Unidentified location (7 photographs), 1965 October
Box 9 Photographs 4.35-4.38 Unidentified location (4 photographs), 1965 December
Box 9 Photographs 4.39-4.52 Unidentified location (14 photographs), 1966 January
Box 9 Photographs 4.53-4.62 Unidentified location (10 photographs), 1966 February
Box 9 Photographs 4.64-4.68 Unidentified location (5 photographs), 1966 April
Box 9 Photographs 4.69-4.77 Unidentified location (9 photographs), 1966 May
Box 9 Photographs 4.78-4.79 Unidentified location (2 photographs), 1966 July
Box 9 Photograph 4.80 Unidentified location, 1966 August
Box 9 Photograph 4.81 Unidentified location, 1966 September
Box 9 Photograph 4.82 Unidentified location, 1966 November
Box 9 Photograph 4.83 Unidentified location, 1966 December
Box 9 Photographs 4.84-4.87 Unidentified location (4 photographs), 1967
Box 9 Photographs 4.88-4.100 Unidentified location (13 photographs), 1967 January
Box 9 Photograph 4.101 Unidentified location, 1967 February
Box 9 Photograph 4.102 Unidentified location, 1967 September
Box 9 Photograph 4.103 Unidentified location, 1969 September
Box 7 Photograph 4.104 Unidentified location, 1972 February 1
Box 9 Photograph 4.105 Unidentified location, 1972 July
Box 9 Photograph 4.106 Unidentified location, 1973 August-September
Box 7 Photographs 5.95, 5.103 Unidentified location (2 photographs), circa 1990
Box 9 Photographs 5.1-5.93 Unidentified locations (93 photographs), undated
Box 7 Photographs 5.94, 5.96-5.97, 5.101-5.102, 5.104-5.106 Unidentified locations (8 photographs), undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slides 5.108-5.109 Unidentified location (2 photographs), undated
Box 15 Glass Plate Slides 5.110-5.117 Unidentified location (8 photographs), undated
Box 7 Photograph 5.107 Unidentified location, negative, undated
Box 11 Glass Plate Slide 3.16 Unidentified location, typical brick sewer intersection, 6-foot x 9-foot, undated
Box 12 Glass Plate Slide 3.17 Unidentified location, typical brick sewer intersection, 6-foot x 9-foot, small connection, undated
Box 7 Photographs 4.108-4.110 Unidentified location with Jane Byrne (3), circa 1979-1983
Box 9 Photograph 4.107 Unidentified portrait, 1978 October
Box 7 Photographs 5.98-5.100 Unidentified tunnel (3 photographs), undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.477 Union Avenue, connection at west side of Dan Ryan Union Avenue sewer for Polk Street bypass, just north of Cabrini Street, [no year] July 18-19
Box 8 Photograph 1.480 Van Buren Street, descending leg of siphon from inlet chamber, 1958 May 2
Box 8 Photograph 1.481 Van Buren Street, outlet chamber, siphon looking south at connecting line to old sewer, 1958 May 2
Box 8 Photograph 1.479 Van Buren Street, outlet chamber, siphon vertical riser, 1958 May 2
Box 8 Photograph 1.482 Van Buren Street, siphon, inlet chamber, 1958 May 2
Box 8 Photograph 1.478 Van Buren Street, siphon, looking east, above ground, 1958 May 2
Box 8 Photograph 1.483 Vernon Avenue and 133rd Street, setting 14, 480 lbs. of 6-foot sewer pipe, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photographs 1.484-1.486 Vernon Avenue and 133rd Street, sewer drain, above ground (3), undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.496 Vernon Avenue and 134th Street, 6-foot diameter sewer pipe, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.492 Vernon Avenue and 134th Street, 15-foot diameter setting to east from chamber, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.488 Vernon Avenue and 134th Street, chamber construction, east view, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.487 Vernon Avenue and 134th Street, chamber finished, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.489 Vernon Avenue and 134th Street, sewer construction, east view, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photographs 1.490-1.491 Vernon Avenue and 134th Street, sewer pipe, west view, above ground (2), undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.494 Vernon Avenue and 134th Street, top of chamber, east view, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.493 Vernon Avenue and 134th Street, two half sections of 6-foot diameter encased in concrete making turn, east view, above ground, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.495 Vernon Avenue and 134th Street, west view, above ground, undated
Box 7 Photograph 1.497 Western Avenue, sewer construction looking east, above ground, 1948
Box 8 Photograph 1.498 Wilson Avenue, manhole base over 6-foot sewer in extension of Wilson Avenue in forest preserve west of East River Road, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.511 Wrightwood Avenue, outfall, undated
Box 8 Photographs 1.499-1.500 Wrightwood Avenue, outfall, above ground (2 photographs), undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.507 Wrightwood Avenue, outfall #1 (2 copies), undated
Box 8 Photographs 1.501-1.502 Wrightwood Avenue, sewer (2), undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.503 Wrightwood Avenue, sewer (2 copies), undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.504 Wrightwood Avenue, sewer (2 copies), undated
Box 8 Photographs 1.505-1.506 Wrightwood Avenue, sewer, (2 photographs) undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.508 Wrightwood Avenue, sewer (2 copies), undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.509 Wrightwood Avenue, sewer (3 copies), undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.510 Wrightwood Avenue, sewer (2 copies), undated
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