Lake Calumet is the largest body of water within the city of Chicago, Illinois. Formerly a shallow, postglacial lake draining into Lake Michigan, it has been changed beyond recognition by urban redevelopment. Parts of the lake have been dredged, other parts reshaped by landfill, and the surviving fragment of the lake now, with the rest of the city of Chicago, drains into the Des Plaines River and the Mississippi River basin. Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ... Sunset on Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Landfill is a waste disposal site for the deposit of the waste onto or into land (i. ...

History

Lake Calumet was near the center of an extensive wetland area located within Hyde Park township, Cook County. Because the lake's Calumet River created shipping opportunities out onto Lake Michigan, the swampy zone was rapidly filled and developed by industry in the 1880s. The Chicago neighborhood of Pullman, with its railroad passenger car factories, was sited on the lake's west shore. Steel mills began to line the Calumet River. The Illinois Central railroad was built nearby. Cook County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Pullman is the name of some places in the United States of America: Pullman, Michigan Pullman, Washington Pullman, Chicago Pullman, West Virginia Pullman, Illinois, now within the city limits of Chicago, was a company town of the Pullman Company, where a famous strike took place in 1894. ... Restored passenger cars on display at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, WI. A passenger car is a piece of railroad rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. ... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Louisiana railroads | Missouri railroads | South Dakota railroads | Wisconsin railroads ...

Today

The remains of Lake Calumet lie east of the Bishop Ford Expressway (Interstate 94) on the far south side of Chicago, between 103rd street and 130th street. The lake itself is part of the underutilized Port of Chicago. A lakeside grain elevator can be seen from the expressway. The Bishop Ford Expressway, formerly known as the Calumet Expressway, is a portion of Interstate 94 in northeastern Illinois, south of downtown Chicago. ... Interstate 94 (abbreviated I-94) is a long interstate highway connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain region of the United States. ... Grain elevators are buildings or complexes of buildings for storage and shipment of grain. ...

The vestigial lake officially lies within Chicago's South Deering community area.

Trivia

The Bishop Ford Expressway was once named the Calumet Expressway, in honor of Lake Calumet and the Calumet River.