Chemical Building
Chemical Building is an industrial building in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Chemical Building is situated nearby to the waterworks Sawyer Water Purification Plant, as well as near the nature reserve Rainbow Beach Dunes.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sawyer Water Purification Plant and 79th Street/Cheltenham station.
Sawyer Water Purification Plant
Waterworks
The Sawyer Water Purification Plant, formerly the South Water Purification Plant, is the first water filtration plant built in the City of Chicago. When completed in 1947, it was the largest such plant in the world. Sawyer Water Purification Plant is situated 580 feet southwest of Chemical Building.
79th Street/Cheltenham station
Railway station
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79th Street/Cheltenham is a station on the Hyde Park/South Chicago branch of the Metra Electric Line. The station is located along the median of Exchange Avenue, approximately one city block north of East 79th Street, and is 11.49 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. 79th Street/Cheltenham station is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Chemical Building.
75th Street/Windsor Park station
Railway station
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75th Street/Windsor Park station is a station on the South Chicago Branch of the Metra Electric District Line. It is located at 75th Street in the median of Exchange Avenue and is 10.88 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. 75th Street/Windsor Park station is situated 1 mile west of Chemical Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Shore and South Chicago.
South Shore
Suburb
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South Shore is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's South Side, the area is named for its location along the city's southern lakefront. South Shore is situated 1½ miles west of Chemical Building.
South Chicago
Suburb
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South Chicago, formerly known as Ainsworth, is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. This chevron-shaped community is one of Chicago's 16 lakefront neighborhoods near the southern rim of Lake Michigan 10 miles south of downtown. South Chicago is situated 1½ miles south of Chemical Building.
Chatham-South Shore
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Chatham-South Shore is a district at the heart of Chicago's South Side, home to the real Chicago blues, some mind-blowing BBQ, and the best soul food in town.
Chemical Building
- Type: Industrial building
- Categories: building and industry
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.75818° or 41° 45′ 29″ northLongitude
-87.54323° or 87° 32′ 36″ westOpen location code
86HJQF54+7POpenStreetMap ID
way 211380238OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrial
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