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Chicago "L" - Wikipedia  The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and ... Chicago's "L" provides 24-hour service on some portions of its network, ... Over the next year service was extended to 63rd Street and Stony Island ... In 1893, trains began running on the Lake Street Elevated Railroad and in...
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The Loop (CTA) - Wikipedia  The Loop is the 1.79-mile (2.88 km) long circuit of elevated railroad that forms the hub of the Chicago "L" system in Chicago, Illinois. As of 2012, the branch has served 74,651 passengers every weekday. The Loop is so named because the railroad loops around a rectangle formed by Lake Street ... The railroad loop has given its name to Chicago's downtown, which is known...
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Elevated railway - Wikipedia  An elevated railway is a rapid transit railway with the tracks above street level on a viaduct or ... Elevated railways are usually used in urban areas where there would otherwise be a large number of level crossings. ... This was followed by the Manhattan Railway in 1875, the South Side Elevated Railroad, Chicago (1892),...
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Ogilvie Transportation Center - Wikipedia  The Chicago and North Western Railway built the Chicago and North Western Terminal in 1911 to replace its Wells Street Station across the North Branch of the...
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Chicago ''L''.org: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)  And why does Chicago call it the "L" rather than the "el", as New York City and ... Wouldn't it have made more sense to allow people to transfer at 58th, with its ... I assume they do something along with the third rail, but what do they do .... 6.1 Did the Kenwood and Stockyards branches run over streets or alleys and are there...
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The origins of the term "Windy City" have been ... - Chicago Reader  Nov 21, 2008 ... "If you had always assumed that Chicago earned its nickname as ... windbag politicians in the late 19th century -- New York Sun editor ... as Chicago pols loudly wooed the organizers of the 1893 world's fair -- he uses "bellowing" instead of "billowing" to describe the wind that blew toward New York from the...
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Union Pacific Railroad Historical Museum - HistoricOmaha.com  Union Pacific Railroad extends to you a cordial welcome to our headquarters building ... from marauding Indians - the tea set from Abraham Lincoln's private car and a host of ... All these have been donated or loaned by employees or friends of Union ... Historic spike and rail sections are being retained as reminders of early...
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Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati - Timeline | Facebook  Welcome to the official OTR Facebook page. http://otrmatters.com/ Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, ... The Sugar Hill Gang performs Rappers Delight on Soul Train. ..... Check out the highlights of one of our favorite neighborhoods .... Karley Gabbard Alex Suckow this is the building off main by gomez I was saying the other day...
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Chicago "L" - Wikipedia  The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and ... Although the "L" gained its name because large parts of the system are .... By the 1940s the financial condition of the "L", and of Chicago mass transit in general ... Station signage carried the station's skip-stop letter and was also...
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Comprehensive fact sheet about Willis Tower | Willis Tower  Standing tall above every other skyscraper in Chicago, Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower) is a 110-story building in the heart of downtown. One of...
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Motor City Streetcar - M-1 Rail  Mar 2, 2015 ... Nick Wright | FFJournal In a move to rejuvenate downtown, crews ... last month's North American International Auto Show surpassed that ... For those familiar with Detroit, the M-1 RAIL is a different animal than the elevated People Mover, ... than one-tenth of a mile long around downtown Detroit is not easy.
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San Francisco Cable Car Guide - San Francisco To Do  The Ultimate Guide to riding San Francisco's historic cable cars including ... From Union Square to the crest of Nob Hill, cable cars offer a thrilling way to move with the City. ... The two main lines, Powell/Hyde and Powell/Mason, start off at the busy ... The other San Francisco cable car route is the California/Van Ness line,...
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Chicago - Wikipedia  Chicago is the third-most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is ... Chicago has many nicknames, the best-known being the Windy City. .... Between 1910 and 1930, the African-American population of Chicago ... Structural changes in industry, such as globalization and job outsourcing, caused...
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Ferris wheel - Wikipedia  A Ferris wheel is a nonbuilding structure consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple ... Since the original 1893 Chicago Ferris wheel there have been nine world's ... City prior to designing his wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition. ... He began his career in the railroad industry and then pursued an interest in...
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Chicago Lyrics That Perfectly Describe Our Badass City - NewsCastic  ... Chicago is Tuggin' my sleeve, Chicago is The Wrigley Building, Chicago is The Union Stockyard, Chicago is One town that won't let you down It's my kind of...
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Guide to Chicago: Obama's old town - Traveller.com.au  Chicago is often called Second City. ... Famous for being the "hog butcher for the world, toolmaker, stacker of wheat, the player with railways," to quote Carl Sandburg, Chicago is equally renowned for its contribution to culture and the arts.
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Read Now - The Chicago Jewish Historical Society  At best, I am prepared to sketch some aspects in ..... leadership of Elliot Ness, became famous in Chicago ... the rabbi there, helped along with an occasional "potch" ... Chicagoan Al "Wallpaper" Wolff was a rare exception to the rule. ... The last of "The untouchables": ... Semitisrn but his toughness enablecl Irim to survive. As.
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Chicago, Second City and Windy City Origins - Chicagology  Though Chicago is widely known as the Windy City, it is not the windiest city in the United States; while Brockton, Massachusetts actually is. .... Soon as I was big enough to get a job and save enough money ... For decades, Chicago was second to New York in city population rankings and New Yorker magazine writer...
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A Short History of the Early Development of Omaha, Nebraska  Native American groups were the first inhabitants of the region. ... By the early eighteenth century the Omaha Indians, a group of Indians who shared cultural ... such an area would be a prime candidate for the passage of the transcontinental railway. ... On July 10, 1865 the first rails were laid at Seventh and Chicago Streets.
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Pennsylvania Railroad - Wikipedia  The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR) was an American Class I railroad, founded in .... In 1885, the PRR began passenger train service from New York City via ... the Pennsylvania Limited began running between New York and Chicago. ..... These architectural marvels, whose city name was usually preceded by...
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RAILROAD  To produce that product it requires tracks, cars, locomotives, repair shops, ... His engine actually pulled a short train of cars uphill on a coal-mine railway in ... The world's first common carrier railroad (that is, one for public use) to use steam .... The earliest track was built of wooden stringers faced with iron straps or they were...