Forgotten Streetcar Tunnels of Chicago - IT’S HISTORY

Today we discover Chicago’s forgotten streetcar tunnels, built centuries ago, they run under the Chicago river at 3 points and are sealed off from any access to the public. Episode Index: 0:00 - Introduction to the Chicago streetcar tunnels 0:45 - The origin and evolution of the Chicago streetcar tunnels 2:12 - Description of the Chicago streetcar tunnels 3:09 - Converting the tunnels from horse and carriage to cablecars. 3:39 - Washington streetcar tunnel overview 5:21 - Lasalle Streetcar tunnel overview 7:02 - Van buren Streetcar tunnel overview 8:44 - The abandonment of Chicago’s streetcar tunnels 9:25 - What is left of the Chicago streetcar tunnels » Sources / Creative Commons / Fair use / Quotation “See Chicago and a Century of Progress Exposition: Use Chicago Surface Lines (1933)“ by Eric Fischer is licensed with CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit “Car 5568 on Halst