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- Season 3 Angels Too Soon: The School Fire of ’58
- Season 3 The Race to Reverse the River
- Season 3 Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion
- Season 3 The Boss and the Bulldozer
- Season 3 Jane Addams: Together We Rise
- Season 3 Candy Capital
- Season 3 The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor
- Season 3 The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants
Chicago Stories - Season 3 Episode 2 The Race to Reverse the River
0.00 48 minutes From the city’s earliest days, Chicago residents and businesses alike dumped their waste directly into the Chicago River, which flowed into Lake Michigan, contaminating the city’s drinking water and causing widespread disease and death. This film explores the various attempts to combat the problem and save the city, and one bold solution: reversing the flow of the river away from the lake.
