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gbrewer

November 20, 2007 07:53PM

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Quite a unique system it was. It seemed a really good idea when it was built.

You may remember that several years ago digging in the river bed of the Chicago River resulted in punching a hole in the tunnel running under the river. The result was flooding in buildings all over the Loop.

My father once told me that they actually sold cool air from the tunnels to downtown buildings.

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Re: narrow gauge trivia--Chicago Tunnel Company	Andy Roth	November 20, 2007 03:05PM
Re: narrow gauge trivia--Chicago Tunnel Company	gbrewer	November 20, 2007 07:53PM
Re: narrow gauge trivia--Chicago Tunnel Company	Dan Robirds	November 20, 2007 11:16PM
Re: narrow gauge trivia--Chicago Tunnel Company	o anderson	November 21, 2007 01:23AM
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