BLOOMINGTON TIME
5:3500AM
Friday
October 23, 2026
12369
America/Chicago
Temperature
14°C
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Conditions
Clear skyHum
47%
Wind
1.3 mph
CITY EVENTS BLOOMINGTON
IL CURIO • #1 OF 3
Reversing the Entire Chicago River Flow
In 1900, engineers executed one of the largest municipal earth-moving feats in history by completing the Sanitary and Ship Canal, permanently reversing the flow of the Chicago River away from Lake Michigan toward the Mississippi Valley.
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