History of Navy Pier Chicago 1917?

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I'm doing my History project on Navy Pier during world war I and how it was training camp and refuge. 
I need links, photos, documents(online), and books on it. Can you help me find some sites? Thank you.

tichur · Accepted Answer

timeline:

http://www.navypier.com/about/history.html

After WW II Navy Pier was used as a branch of the University of Illinois.  It was the first UIC:

http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/walkingtour/1a.html


photos:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/NavyPier1915.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PkvqLs4Gu2g/TOmVhMvneUI/AAAAAAAAHX8/HSZKPfeVHlc/s1600/chicago-1.JPG

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.friedmanfineart.net/historical%2520chicago%2520photos/images/Chicago%2520Navy%2520Pier.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.friedmanfineart.net/historical%2520chicago%2520photos/navy%2520pier.html&usg=__AebOKpXbdoh_CFYiYlFju3-yAGc=&h=325&w=400&sz=37&hl=en&start=51&zoom=1&tbnid=bh-4sjIA9aIQDM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=161&ei=HhWCTY-DBMGugQeV2qXICA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnavy%2Bpier%2Bhistory%2Bconstruction%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D954%26bih%3D396%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=608&oei=uhSCTbSlFcnFgAfPm_zGCA&page=6&ndsp=11&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:51&tx=63&ty=57

http://www.uic.edu/depts/uichistory/navypier1931.jpg

http://www.wright.edu/~william.lafferty/Navy_Pier_3.jpg

http://www.windycitystockphotos.com/images/vintage/1955-5000-1601.jpg

Anonymous · Answer

The roof blew off the Skyline point final Saturday in a typhoon, so examine with military Pier earlier you pass to work out what else replaced into affected there. As all people else responded, the great Ferris Wheel is closed. Brrr!

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