Introduction

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"You're in Chicago. A city that once had a sewage problem, looked at the options, and decided the sensible move was to reverse the direction of its own river. Permanently. And send the whole mess downstream toward Saint Louis. They finished it in secret. A handful of officials broke the last earth dam at dawn on January second, nineteen hundred, before a judge could sign the order stopping them."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.