1850s 1860s facts
While investigating facts about 1850s 1860s, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In the 1850s and 1860s, engineers used screws to raise the entire city of Chicago several feet high in order to install the first modern sewer system
In Old Sacramento, the streets are cobblestone and there are many buildings dating back to the 1850s and 1860s.
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In the 1850s and 1860s multiple large buildings, streets and sidewalks in Chicago were raised up to 6 feet into the air on hydraulic jacks to make room for a city-wide sewage system.
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A prime example of British colonial looting: Each mile of Indian railway construction in the 1850s and 1860s costed an average of £18,000, as against the dollar equivalent of £2000 at the same time in the US. The extra costs were claimed from Indian people through added taxes and revenues.
