{"product_id":"lake-springfield-in-illinois-robert-mazrim-9781634992930","title":"Lake Springfield in Illinois: Public Works and Community Design in the Mid-Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eLake Springfield, created in the 1930s, evolved from a vital resource into a vibrant community steeped in history and recreation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lake is a body of water, but it can also be the place of community. During the 1930s, a small creek in central Illinois was dammed and flooded to provide water and power to a growing nearby city. The place was already rich with history, dotted with 10,000 years of archaeological remains, crossed by a 300-year French colonial road, and the encompassing farms and small towns frequented by a young Abraham Lincoln. The vision for Lake Springfield included much more than a source of drinking water and power for the city of Springfield. During a nationwide depression, city planners and engineers thoughtfully created a unique municipal, recreational, and residential community along the new shores. Parks, beach houses, numerous organizational clubs, scouting camps for children, a memorial garden, a nature preserve, an outdoor theater, and even a public zoo soon skirted the 4000-acre lake. Now, eighty-five years after its construction, Lake Springfield is a community with its own rich history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Mazrim,Curtis Mann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1634992938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634992930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e America Through Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Robert Mazrim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453836472575,"sku":"9781634992930","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7cce96dd-b49f-4588-951f-9d1e5817bf7f.jpg?v=1777302572","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lake-springfield-in-illinois-robert-mazrim-9781634992930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}