Wacker Drive

South Water Street 183[?]

South Water Street 1924

Wacker Drive

Begun 1924 Completed 1926

Built by the

City of Chicago

Wm. E. Dever

Mayor

Francis X. Busch

Corporation Counsel

Board of Local Improvement

John J. Sloan

President

Frank X. Rydzewski, V. Pres. • Edw. J. Denemark • Edward J. Glackin, Sec’y • T. Arthur Evans, Chief Engineer • Mitchell C. Robin • Wm. G. Legner •

C.D. Hill, Engr. • Arthur Engh, Ass’t Chief Engineer

Chicago Plan Commission

Charles H. Wacker

Chairman

Edward H. Bennett, Consultant • Hugh E. Young, Engineer

Mid-Continent Construction Co. • Great Lakes Dredge & Lock Co. • Underground Construction Co. • U.S.A. Company • M. E. White Co.

Marker is at the intersection of West Wacker Drive and West Lake Street on West Wacker Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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