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Check out this aerial photo from 1938. It probably features all the tanks you're talking about.
Note especially the tank just to the west of Goose Island: Chicago Municipal Airport: 10 miles -- thataway.
Here's the link to the rest of the maps in the series: http://ilaerialphotos.com/photos.php?county=Cook