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Date Innovation City State Country Society
1850s Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Roundhouse Aurora IL USA ASME
1902 Cortland Street Drawbridge Chicago IL USA ASCE
1874 Eads Bridge East St. Louis IL USA ASCE
1852 Graue Mill Oak Brook IL USA ASME
1934 Pioneer Zephyr Chicago IL USA ASME
1921 Universal Oil Products (UOP) at Riverside Laboratory McCook IL USA ACS
1864-1869 Chesbrough's Water Supply System Chicago IL USA ASCE
1863 Batavia Windmills Batavia IL USA ASME
1900 Reversal of the Chicago River Chicago IL USA ASCE
1910 Development of Occupational Medicine Chicago IL USA ACS
1929 Ann Arbor Baler Shelbyville IL USA ASABE
1923 Farmall Row Crop Tractor Burr Ridge IL USA ASABE
1837 John Deere Moldboard Plow Grand Detour IL USA ASABE
1873 Tower Silo Spring Grove IL USA ASABE
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