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Navy Pier was built in 1916 as a local dock point for passenger and freight boats on southern Lake Michigan. It was called Municipal Pier #2 and offered cooler conditions to the public on hot summer days.

It received its current name when used by the US Navy during World War II, primary as a technical training center from 1941 to 1946.

From 1946 to the mid-1960s, it housed classrooms for the University of Illinois.

Beginning in 1965, it was redeveloped as a public exhibition and commercial center.

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