Wilmette Public Library Local History Digital Collection

Charles Jules Michelet, Jr. (1891-1980) oral history

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Transcription: Track 13 Very few people now living in Wilmette realize that not too many years ago the lake washed up to the bank just east of Michigan Avenue and south of Lake Avenue and around what is now the Baha'i Temple. In other words, there was no Gillson Park. There was no land at all from Michigan Avenue to the present lake banks. When the Sanitary District Canal was dug the earth was carried by narrow gauge small railroad dump cars pulled by a small steam engine and dumped into the lake to make the land for the park. Then later when the eight foot relief sewer was dug in Sheridan Road from Winnetka to the drainage canal, the earth was taken by narrow gauge cars to what is now Gillson Park. One would hardly believe that such a beautiful park could have been developed in comparatively few years and by this ingenious method.
Creator: Michelet, Charles Jules, Jr., 1891-1980, Interviewee
Media Type: Audio; Image; Text
Item Type: Audiocassettes
Description: Autobiographical statement of Charles Jules Michelet, Jr. in Wilmette in 1977.

Abstract:
Schools, Businesses, Individuals in the Village in late 1800's, Turn of century through to present, Chiefly autobiographical
Place of Publication: Wilmette, Illinois
Date of Original: 1977
Subject(s): Oral histories
Wilmette (Ill.) -- Residents
Personal Name(s): Michelet, Charles Jules, Jr.
Local identifier: R 977.31 MI
Language of Item: English
Copyright Statement: Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Copyright Date: 1977
Copyright Holder: Wilmette Public Library
Copyright Holder Contact Information: 1242 Wilmette Ave.
Wilmette, IL 60091
U.S.A.
Recommended Citation: Michelet, Charles Jules. Charles Jules Michelet, Jr. Wilmette, Ill: Wilmette Public Library District, 1977.
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