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 MM> My wife's brother was in Alaska at that time, and for their
 MM> statehood celebration filled the Yukon River with yellow dye
 MM> to make it look like gold.
 MM> Makes me wonder what the EPA would have to say about that today!

   A Bit of Trivia About the Chicago River on St. Patrick's Day

  For the past 43 years the Chicago River turns green for the St.
  Patrick's Day Parade celebration.

  One would ask how this is different from the rest of the year
  when the river is always a murky shade of green.  The difference
  is both significant and breathtaking because the color green is
  identical to the greens of Ireland from where it got its name
  "The Emerald Isle."

  In 1961, Stephen Bailey was approached by a plumber who was
  wearing some previously whitre coveralls.  These coveralls had
  been mostly stained or dyed a perfect shade of green, an Irish
  green to better describe it.  Bailey asked how the coveralls got
  this way and discovered that the dye used to detect leaks into
  the river turned green - not just any color green, but the
  perfect color green.  A TRADITION IS BORN.

  Today this miracle belongs to Mike Butler and his crew, although
  he claims to have a little help from a leprechaun who seems to
  appear just at this time each year.

  As the late Bailey said, "The road from Chicago to Ireland is
  marked in green."  From the Chicago River to the Illinois River,
  then to the Mississippi, up the Gulf Stream and across the
  Atlantic, you can see the beautiful green enter the Irish Sea,
  clearly marking the way from Chicago to Ireland.

  Chicago Fireboat Marine Engine Co. 58, the Victor L. Schlaeger
  Code 3 Collectibles

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