Episodes
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1. Mudhole to Metropolis
13 Jan 2003 · 87 min
Chicago's location at the end of a canal linking the Mississippi to New York makes it attractive to Yankee speculators as well as Irish laborers. In just a few decades, the remote fur trading post explodes into the metropolis of the West. Not even the great fire of 1871 can slow the city's development.
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2. The Revolution Has Begun
14 Jan 2003 · 87 min
From the railroads to Marshall Field's department store to Cyrus McCormick's reaper factory to the stockyards, workers struggle for their share of a new industrial capitalism. The Haymarket Affair becomes the most sensational labor incident of the 19th century.
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3. Battle for Chicago
15 Jan 2003 · 84 min
Chicago develops the world's first skyscraper downtown, with a unique American architectural style. In its shadows are gambling, prostitution, corruption, poverty, and disease. In 1893 Chicago's business elite hosts a World's Fair, proudly showing 27 million visitors a glistening, sanitized city of the future.
Chicago: City of the Century Miniseries: quick answers
How many episodes are in Chicago: City of the Century Miniseries?
Miniseries of Chicago: City of the Century has 3 episodes, about 4 hours in total.
When did Chicago: City of the Century Miniseries come out?
Miniseries premiered on 13 Jan 2003.