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Several smokestacks emit smoke on either side of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal construction site.

Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago pose for a picture as construction on the Bear Trap Dam nears completion.

Construction workers attach cables and load containers full of excavated earth during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction containers travel on wires between several derricks over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal construction site.

A crane fixed on tracks hoists material during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction workers load containers full of excavated earth during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction workers use large equipment to load containers with debris during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Cranes hoist excavated earth during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Workers stand next to several debris containers as a crane lifts the containers during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Several cranes used to hoist excavated earth stand on both sides of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal construction site.

Construction workers attach cables and load containers full of excavated earth during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction workers stand among large pieces of rock while excavating for the Chicago Sanitation and Ship Canal.

A worker stands in front of the partially completed floodgates at the Bear Trap Dam.

Cranes stand behind the first retaining wall build on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Several large pieces of construction equipment fill the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during construction.

Two horses and a man stand near a conveyor system with railroad cars and tracks used to move excavated earth during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Two cantilever conveyor cranes on the stand on the side of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal as construction workers fill containers with debris.

Three cantilever conveyor cranes stand above a construction site on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A cantilever conveyor crane dumps 1.75 tons of rock onto a large pile during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A 500 pound dynamite blast goes off during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A 1050 pound dynamite blast explodes during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

An aerial view shows a dynamite blast during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Workers load rocks into carts on railroad tracks for transport during construction at the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction workers work on the bed of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction workers use a crane to lift and place large stone blocks in a retaining wall.