Chicago Avenue Pumping Station
The Chicago Avenue Pumping Station is a municipal pumping station which provides the city of Chicago, Illinois, with fresh water from Lake Michigan. Built in 1869 by architect William W.Photo: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Water Tower Place and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Water Tower Place
Shopping center
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Water Tower Place is an urban mixed-use development comprising a 758,000 sq ft shopping mall in a 74-story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. The mall is located on North Michigan Avenue, along the Magnificent Mile. Water Tower Place is situated 390 feet northeast of Chicago Avenue Pumping Station.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Museum
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is situated 720 feet east of Chicago Avenue Pumping Station.
Lurie Children’s Hospital
Hospital
Photo: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, formerly Children's Memorial Hospital and commonly known as Lurie Children's, is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care children's hospital located in Chicago, Illinois. Lurie Children’s Hospital is situated 620 feet southeast of Chicago Avenue Pumping Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Along the Magnificent Mile and Streeterville.
Along the Magnificent Mile
Neighborhood
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.
The Magnificent Mile is the approximately one-mile-long stretch of Michigan Avenue from the Chicago River to Oak Street on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois.
Streeterville
Neighborhood
Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located north of the Chicago River, it is bounded by the river on the south, the Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the north and east.
River North
Quarter
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River North is a Chicago neighborhood located north of the Chicago River, south of Division Street, and west of Wabash Avenue. It is adjacent to the Magnificent Mile retail and tourism corridor.
Chicago Avenue Pumping Station
- Type: pumping station
- Description: Pumping station
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Chicago Avenue Pumping Station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Chicago Avenue Pumping Station”
- French: “Chicago Avenue Pumping Station”
- French: “Pumping Station”
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