When did chicago become the third largest city?

Chicago, which has been the second largest city in the country since 1890, lost population from 1980 to 1982 and fell to No. Los Angeles grew by 1.8% over the same period to overtake Chicago. The Chicago water tower and pumping station, located on Michigan and Chicago Avenues, are among the few buildings that have survived the fire. Chicago was only 46 years old when Mark Twain wrote those words, but it had already grown more than 100 times, from a small trading post at the mouth of the Chicago River to one of the largest cities in the country, and it wasn't going to stop.

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