Dove a shallow intake in the Chicago River and found a brick wall nobody flagged

Xena Robinson · 2026-09-25T11:50:02.736772+00:00

I was doing a quick inspection on a water intake last month near the Michigan Ave bridge, and about 12 feet down there's a stretch of brickwork that doesn't match the rest of the wall. It looked like part of an old foundation from before the river was reworked, still in decent shape. I took some photos and showed the client, who had no idea it was there. Anyone else run into old structures on jobs that weren't on the drawings?

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