Richard Lanyon

author, speaker, retired executive director of the MWRD,
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

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    Calumet: First and Forever
    Photo Galleries

    Prologue: Prologue

    Chapter 1: South Area Drainage

    Chapter 2: Calumet-Sag Channel and Little Calumet River

    • Creeks and Ditches

    • Channel Sections 1, 2, and 3

      • Photos 1–35

      • Photos 36–69

    • Channel Sections 4 through 11

    • Channel Sections 12, 13, and 14

    • Railroad Bridges

    • Road Bridges

    • Little Calumet River

    • Channel Widening

    Chapter 3: Draining the South Area

    • Sewers

      • Photos 1–37

      • Photos 38–74

      • Photos 75–110

    • Calumet Sewage Pumping Station

    • Ninety-Fifth Street Pumping Station

    • Present Day Pumping Station

     Chapter 4: Water Reclamation Plants

    • Calumet Plant

      • Photos 1–27

      • Photos 28–53

    • Calumet Power Plant

    Chapter 5: Stormwater Management

    Chapter 6: Territorial Expansion and the Northwest Area

    Chapter 7: Lake Diversion

    Maps and Figures: Maps and Figures

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