The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “Why Chicago once buried whole neighborhoods underground.”
- Raising and Watering a City: Ellis Sylvester Chesbrough and Chicago’s First Sanitation System
- Report and plan of sewerage for the city of Chicago, Illinois: adopted by the Board of Sewerage Commissioners December 31, 1855
- Street Grades, Raising
- Chicago Streetscape Design Guidelines
- A Brief Overview of the Pullman Story
- Tremont House
- The Value of Piped Water and Sewers: Evidence from 19th Century Chicago