Frozen Dreams

As seen from my flight from Phoenix, the William E. Dever Crib on Lake Michigan off the North Avenue Beach on a frigid February morning in Chicago.

One of two remaining active water cribs providing drinking water to the City of Chicago. Water is collected in the structures which transport water in tunnels close to 200 feet below the surface to pumping stations located on shore, then to the world's 2 largest water purification plants where the water is treated then pumped to the city as well as 118 suburbs.
There had been a total of nine cribs of which Dever is one of the two remaining active cribs. William E Dever was the 42 mayor of Chicago serving one term from 1923-1927. During his term, Wacker Drive was completed and he pushed through legislation that resulted in the Chicago River being straightened.

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