[DOC] [TLE] Chicago River - Wikipedia [PAR] Starting in 1848, much of the Chicago River's flow was also diverted across ... 
Finally, in 1900, the Sanitary District of Chicago, then headed by ... river's flow 
from Lake Michigan and causing it to empty into the newly ... of the Millennium' by 
the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). [DOC] [TLE] How Chicago Reversed the Flow of the Chicago River [PAR] Jun 2, 2014 ... Up until 1900, the Chicago River flowed directly into Lake Michigan, but so did all 
of the sewage generated from the city. The Des Plaines River... [DOC] [TLE] The Reversal of the Chicago River - American Public Works ... [PAR] The reversal of the Chicago River was a pioneering, massive public works effort 
that ... caused by sewage contamination of its drinking water supply - Lake 
Michigan. ... and industrial wastes directly to its rivers, which in turn flowed into 
the lake. ... This canal reversed the flow in the Chicago River toward the 
Mississippi River... [DOC] [TLE] Reversing the river - Chicago Tribune [PAR] Sending the river south means Chicago's drinking water is safe at last. ... 
reporters who had been tipped off that the flow of the Chicago River was about to 
be reversed. ... With that, the foul river water began to pour into the canal and run 
west toward Lockport and the Des Plaines River, instead of east toward Lake 
Michigan. [DOC] [TLE] The Reversal of the Chicago River in 1900 - Illinois Periodicals Online [PAR] An interesting fact about the river is that its flow was permanently reversed in 
1900. ... the canal causing the Chicago River to flow right back into Lake 
Michigan. [DOC] [TLE] Reversal of the Chicago River | ASCE [PAR] Until 1900, the Chicago River drained into Lake Michigan, along with all the ... 
River west of Chicago emptied into the Illinois River, which eventually flows to the 
... of water to flow out of Lake Michigan, through the Chicago River, and into the ... 
in 1900, the reversal of the Chicago River, a major civil engineering innovation,... [DOC] [TLE] A Century Later, the Expensive Lesson of Reversing the Chicago ... [PAR] Jan 14, 2014 ... Finished in 1900, the latter canal created a shorter, 28-mile route linking the two 
waterways. Even more significantly, it was engineered to reverse the flow of the 
Chicago ... city's wastewater away from its drinking supply in Lake Michigan. ... 
The full report, the Great Lakes and Interbasin Mississippi River... [DOC] [TLE] Chicago River - Encyclopedia of Chicago [PAR] To many Chicago residents, the Chicago River is a body of water dyed green on 
St. ... Day, or a river that flows backwards from its original mouth at Lake Michigan
, ... Before Euro-American settlement and the development of Chicago and its ... 
engineering projects to direct the flow of the river into the Des Plaines River and... [DOC] [TLE] Change To River's Flow Considered To Stop Carp : NPR [PAR] Oct 7, 2010 ... Now, the river flows south toward the Mississippi, after the reversal of the 
Chicago ... Completed in 1900, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal helped to 
reverse the river's flow, ... From this point, the river used to flow east into Lake 
Michigan. ... In the late 1880s, local leaders decided to re-engineer the river. [DOC] [TLE] Influences on Great Lakes Water Levels - Tip of the Mitt Watershed ... [PAR] The rest of the groundwater eventually flows into a surface water body to begin ... 
Army Corps of Engineers lake level analyses, there are other indications that .... 
New canals were constructed in 1900 and this allowed the City of Chicago to 
reverse the flow of the Chicago River so that instead of flowing into Lake 
Michigan,... [DOC] [TLE] BRags: Chicago River - The River that flows backwards [PAR] Aug 26, 2005 ... Engineers from Chicago in 1900s have achieved something totally ... the 
downtown actually was flowing towards the Michigan Lake before 1900 ... Lake 
Michigan From draining into the Mississippi River Basin was there by... [DOC] [TLE] Reversal of Fortune - 99% Invisible [PAR] Aug 8, 2013 ...

Question: Until 1900 when engineers reversed the flow, this river flowed into Lake Michigan
Answer: the Chicago River