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Building Skyscrapers on Chicago's Swampy Soil

Building Skyscrapers on Chicago's Swampy Soil

Engineers once compared Chicago’s soggy soil to jelly cake. How did they build a forest of skyscrapers on it? 

Curious City

March 4, 20150

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