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TOPIC 3: TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION

TOPIC 3: TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION. 1827—canal authorized 1831—post office 1834—stage coach line 1847— Chicago Tribune. 1848:. Railroad I&M Canal Telegraph Plank road. More improvements in transportation…. 1852—first passenger train from the East 1858—steam engine

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TOPIC 3: TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION

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  1. TOPIC 3:TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION • 1827—canal authorized • 1831—post office • 1834—stage coach line • 1847— Chicago Tribune

  2. 1848: • Railroad • I&M Canal • Telegraph • Plank road

  3. More improvements in transportation… • 1852—first passenger train from the East • 1858—steam engine • 1859—horse drawn streetcars

  4. More improvements in communication… • 1875— Chicago Daily News • 1878—Illinois Bell phone

  5. 1883: 350 trains in and out of the city every day!

  6. 1892: first elevated train

  7. 1900: Sanitary and Ship Canalreverses the Chicago River

  8. 1905 • first Ford automobile • Chicago Defender is founded (encourages African-Americans to come North)

  9. 1909: Burnham Plan • Suggests development of Wacker Dr and Michigan Ave

  10. 1913—transfers among el lines begin • 1916—Navy Pier • 1917—first motor bus

  11. Radio communication… • 1921—KYW is Chicago’s first radio station • 1922—WMAQ and what is now WGN are founded

  12. 1927 • Municipal Airport (now Midway) is founded

  13. 1928—straightening of the Chicago River • 1941—Chicago Sun founded

  14. 1942 • John Johnson starts the Negro Digest and later Ebony magazine

  15. 1943-- First public subway (State Street—today’s Red Line train) • 1947--CTA

  16. 1949 • Orchard Place Airport is renamed O’Hare • Work on the Congress Expressway begins (today’s Eisenhower)

  17. More trains, planes, and automobiles… • 1951—2nd subway (Milwaukee/Dearborn—today’s blue line) • 1955—O’Hare opens to commercial traffic; Eisenhower (290) Expressway opens

  18. 1959 • Marshall Field IV merges Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times

  19. 1960 • Northwest Expressway (now called the Kennedy, 90) opens • First televised presidential debate between Kennedy and Nixon

  20. And finally… • 1962—Dan Ryan Expressway (94) • 1964—Southwest Expressway (Stevenson, 55) • 1970—Logan El extended to Jefferson Pk • 1983—cell phone test site • 1984—Blue Line extended to O’Hare • 1990—multiple area codes introduced (all of Chicago used to be 312!)

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