Aquarium
Shedd Aquarium
Octagonal marble hall on Lake Michigan holding one of the world's oldest saltwater collections, its first seawater hauled inland by train.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago tells the story of the Nautilus, a specially built 1929 railroad car that carried live seawater from the coasts to Lake Michigan so a saltwater aquarium could open inland. A six-man crew lived aboard for days at a stretch, collecting fish and water in Florida, Maine and California. Twenty tank cars once rolled between Key West and Chicago to fill this building before it ever opened its doors.
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