Bubbly Creek
About Bubbly Creek
Bubbly Creek is the nickname given to the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River. It runs entirely within the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It marks the boundary between the Bridgeport and McKinley Park community areas of the city. The creek derives its name from the gases bubbling out of the riverbed from the decomposition of blood and entrails dumped into the river in the early 20th century by the local meatpacking businesses surrounding the Union Stock Yards directly south of the creek's endpoint at Pershing Road. It was brought to notoriety by Upton Sinclair in his exposé on the American meat packing industry titled The Jungle.
On the show
There's a bit of the Chicago River which was called Bubbly Creek. Dead carcasses give off methane, they give off gas. 100 years ago, it was really foul.
from No Such Thing As An Eton Oyster, 2025-12-18 at 00:03:11 · read transcript
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Coordinates: 41.8258, -87.6575