This great thread about the second worst inappropriate fluid discharge to occur at the Kinzie Street bridge in Chicago.
The worst? That one occurred 12 years earlier but rather than a moment of bad judgement by one person this one needed almost a century of weird city history for it to happen. 1/🧵
The worst? That one occurred 12 years earlier but rather than a moment of bad judgement by one person this one needed almost a century of weird city history for it to happen. 1/🧵
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Dreadnought Holiday
You see, Chicago is not overly blessed with places to empty a rock and roll tour bus' septic tank.
It does, however, have a surplus of bridges. And our man on the scene, Stefan Wohl, quickly spotted a solution.
The Kinzie Street Bridge.
It does, however, have a surplus of bridges. And our man on the scene, Stefan Wohl, quickly spotted a solution.
The Kinzie Street Bridge.
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Groups of pilings like these are called dolphins 🐬(not relevant but it is a fun bit of trivia) 2/
The Great Lakes Dock and Dredge company got the job but concerns with damaging the Bridge Tender's House lead to them driving the new pilings a few feet further southeast. 3/
Driving new pilings into the riverbed wasn't a wild infrastructure project. 4/
The tunnels followed the streets of Chicago running at least 22.5 feet (6.86 m) below.
They later inspired London's Post Office Railway. 5/
Wait, air?
Any attached buildings could pay to draw in the 55℉ (13℃) air from the tunnels for cooling in the summer or as warmer fresh air for heating in the winter. 6/
Which brings us back to 1991 and the workers now driving new pilings into the riverbed next to the Kinzie Street bridge. 7/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_River#Reversing_the_flow
The impetus for that being another Chicago-based unscheduled poo release...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/07/furries-convention-chlorine-gas-sickens-19-people