@greatbadideas: Downtown Chicago flooded, and not one street got wet. In 1991, a crew replacing the pilings beside the Kinzie Street Bridge on the Chicago River drove the new ones in a slightly different spot. Underneath was an old, mostly forgotten network of freight tunnels, and the pressure cracked one of its walls. A city inspector flagged it and recommended a quick repair, estimated at about $10,000, and the work went out for bid. On 13 April 1992 the river broke through. Water ran through the tunnels under the Loop and into the basements of more than fifty buildings, the power went out and downtown emptied, while the streets above stayed dry. The cost is usually put at around a billion dollars. Recreated in 3D. The bridge tender's hut, the people, the office and the street layout are our own reconstruction, and some details are simplified. #History #chicago #chicagoflood #truestory #3danimation

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