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Originally Posted by Suburban Shadow
Is Navy Pier still a pier built from wood piles like it was originally?
Or has it been filled over the century since it first opened?
I am curious due to the weight of the new ferris wheel and now this hotel project.
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Some Portions are still on wood piles. Others have been rebuilt with drilled caissons. Remember that originally it was a municipal pier that had to accomodate trucks and rail cars off loading ships, so its got some decent inherent capacity in certian spots.