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2. Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac - Wikipedia

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   Chicago Yacht Club. The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a 333-mile (289 nmi; 536 km) annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is hosted and managed by the Chicago Yacht Club. The "Mac" (as it is known) was first run in 1898 and is the oldest annual ...

3. Fireboats of Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Built to fight fires on the site of the 1893 Chicago's World's Fair. Turned over to the city when the fair closed. Illinois: 1899: Chicago's first fireboat with a steel hull, instead of a wooden hull. Sank during the Burlington Grain elevator fire, but was quickly refloated and put back into service. Joseph Medill: 1908-06: 1947-01

4. Chicago Yacht Club - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago Yacht Club was founded in 1875 to encourage and promote the sport of yachting. In 1898, the first Race to Mackinac was held. In 1900, the club obtained its first clubhouse, the Argo clubhouse located at the Illinois Central Pier #3. Chicago Yacht Club's original Chicago to Mackinac Trophy dates to 1906.

5. Riverview Park (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   Slogan. "Laugh Your Troubles Away!" "Chicago's famous Amusement Park". [1] Riverview Park was an amusement park in Chicago, Illinois, which operated from 1904 to 1967. It was located on 74 acres (30 hectares) bound on the south by Belmont Avenue, on the east by Western Avenue, on the north by Lane Tech College Prep High School, and on the west ...

6. Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   Designated. November 1, 1995. The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry ( MSI, formerly known as the Museum of Science and Industry) is a science museum located in Chicago, Illinois, in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago. It is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's ...

7. Costco raises annual membership fees for the 1st time since ...

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   The new fees, set to take effect Sept. 1, will boost the price of Costco's basic Gold Star membership from $60 to $6 Costco raises annual membership fees for the 1st time since 2017, boosting them ...

8. Chicago Air & Water Show - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago Air & Water Show is an annual air show held on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago's second most popular festival, it has been held every year since 1959. [1] In 2005 it was attended by 2,200,000 people. Presented by the City of Chicago, it is the largest free show of its kind in the United States.

9. Columbia (collapsed paddle steamer) - Wikipedia

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   Fog. Outcome. Collapsed. Casualties. 87. The Columbia, sometimes called the Steamer Columbia, was a paddle steamer excursion boat on which 87 people died, [1] [2] on the Illinois River on July 5, 1918, across from Creve Coeur, between Peoria and Pekin, Illinois. [3]