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Open this link on your phone to go to this place in the app.
How to install the early version through TestFlight
Get TestFlight. Tap the button, then go to the App Store from Apple’s page. TestFlight is Apple’s free app for early versions.
Come back here and tap the button again. In TestFlight, accept the invitation and install Peplos.
After installing Peplos, return to this page and tap “Open this place in Peplos”.
How the story begins
More than 2,500 people were aboard the Eastland on the morning of 24 July 1915, and she was still tied to the wharf when she rolled over. They were Western Electric workers and their families, bound for the company picnic across the lake in Michigan City. She lay at the Clark Street Bridge, here, in the Chicago River. 844 people died. Twenty-two whole families were among them. Six men were charged: the ship's owners, two federal inspectors, the captain and the chief engineer, Joseph Erickson.
The rest is in the app. Peplos plays the full story when you reach the place. You can also listen ahead of time.
Visiting
On the Chicago Riverwalk, south bank, near North Clark Street. Public and free.
