The Chicago Water Tower

Contaminated drinking water killed thousands of Chicago's original citizens, so the city took the unprecedented step of digging a tunnel two miles long and 30 feet below lake bottom. Since the facilities on shore included an unsightly 138-foot vertical pipe, famed architect William Boyington concealed it with a limestone, castle-like tower that soon became a celebrated landmark. Through the first 150 years of its existence, Chicago's iconic Water Tower has survived the Great Fire--the only public structure in the burn zone to do so--and at least four attempts at demolition. John Hogan pays tribute to the beloved monument that accompanied the evolution of Michigan Avenue from cowpath to Magnificent Mile.

• Pages: 128
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Imprint: The History Press
• Series: Landmarks
• Publication Date: 9th December 2019
• State: Illinois
• Illustrations Note: Black and White
• ISBN: 9781467144971
• Format: Paperback