Murals: I - Exploration II - Fort Dearborn III - The New City IV - Float Bridge and I & M Canal V - Three Swing Bridges VI - The Great Fire VII - Three Bridges VIII - Columbian Exposition IX - Reversal of the Waters X - Michigan Avenue Bridge XI - Grant Park and the Burnham Plan XII - A Century of Progress XIII - The South Branch XIV - The North Branch XV - The Main Branch XVI - The Riverwalk Artwork copyright 2000 Ellen Lanyon All rights reserved Acknowledgements by Ellen Lanyon Essay by Michael Rooks

V - Three Swing Bridges 1850: Wood swing bridges were built to replace the bridges destroyed by the Great Flood. Three were built over the south branch of the river at Lake, Randolph and Madison streets. 1856: The first iron swing bridge was built at Rush Street. At right (shown on mural as insets upper left) 1857: Plat of an Industrial Subdivision built by the Chicago South Branch Canal Company to serve the fast growing need for more dock facilities. 1871: The LaSalle Street Tunnel under the river accommodated two-way traffic as well as a well-lit pedestrian walkway.