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South Water Street became Wacker Drive, begun in 1924 and completed in 1926 as a City of Chicago project. The work was carried out under Mayor Wm. E. Dever, Corporation Counsel Francis X. Busch, the Board of Local Improvement led by President John J. Sloan with Frank X. Rydzewski as vice president, Edw. J. Denemark, Edward J. Glackin as secretary, T. Arthur Evans as chief engineer, Mitchell C. Robin, Wm. G. Legner, C.D. Hill as engineer, and Arthur Engh as assistant chief engineer. The Chicago Plan Commission included Chairman Charles H. Wacker, consultant Edward H. Bennett, and engineer Hugh E. Young. Construction involved Mid-Continent Construction Co., Great Lakes Dredge and Lock Co., Underground Construction Co., U.S.A. Company, and M. E. White Co.
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