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From Paris To Chicago: Chicago via the Great Lakes. In the mid-60's overseas imports and exports topped 3 million tons in Chicago for the first time. Barges and Great Lakes carriers accounted for approximately 175 billion ton-miles of traffic to and from paris to Chicago Chicago in the late 1960's. When ships arrive in Chicago they may dock at the port facilities of the Navy Pier, the Chicago regional port district, or the Chicago sanitary port district. The widening of the Calumet-Sag barge channel, the link between the sanitary and ship canals and the Little Calumet River, was planned to increase river traffic to and from paris to Chicago Chicago ports.
Chicago also has a professional football team, the Chicago Bears, and a professional hockey club, the Chicago Black Hawks. The latest addition to professional sports has been the Chicago Bulls basketball team, which plays in the western division of the National Basketball Association. Also prominent in sports in Chicago are five racetracks: Arlington, Washington, Hawthorne, Sportsmen's, and Maywood.
The city has arly 100 state and federal banks, more than 0 savings and loan companies, and the Chicago ideral Reserve Bank.
Transportation. Chicago is a hub of the fed-il interstate highway system in the Midwest, /ing the city natural advantages as a trucking pital. About 20 trunk railroad lines originate Chicago, with nearly 8,000 miles (12,875 km)
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