GALESBURG TIME
5:3740AM
Monday
October 19, 2026
12369
America/Chicago
Temperature
5°C
☀️
Conditions
Clear skyHum
80%
Wind
4.5 mph
CITY EVENTS GALESBURG
Illinois 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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