Forgotten Tunnels Under Chicago - EXPLORING The History of Chicago Tunnels - IT’S HISTORY (VIDEO)

» JOIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR MORE HISTORY KNOWLEDGE! Write us on Facebook: » SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Below the sewers and subways of Chicago, are over 60-miles of forgotten 19th and 20th century train tunnels. This mysterious labyrinth, once connecting the majority of the city’s most prominent buildings. Has sat in abandonment and disarray for the better part of a century – today, we will uncover the forgotten story of the Chicago Tunnels. Around the turn of the century, the City of Chicago was one of the most congested urban spaces in the United States of America. Chaos, might even be the most proper word to describe it. Between the horse drawn carts, were street cars gridlocked by the pedestrians moving in every direction. And although the city attempted to alleviate these issues in 1892, with the introduction of elevated rapid transport, known locally as “the L” the foundation of the new track structure ob