Calumet River
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The Calumet River is a system of rivers and canals in the region between the south side of Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana. Currently, the system is part of the Chicago Area Waterway
The Calumet River, with the Chicago Skyway traversing it
Residents boat through floodwaters of the Little Calumet in Munster in September 2008
Calumet Sag Channel, Blue Island
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 32-mile-long canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River in Northeast Illinois, US
Calumet River
…Calumet-Saganashkee Channel") is a navigation canal in southern Cook County, Illinois. It serves as a channel between the Little Calumet River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. It is 16 miles (26 km) long and was dug over an 11-year period, from 1911 until 1922. The Cal-Sag Channel serves barge traffic in what was an active…
Lock and dam of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport
Construction of the Chicago Drainage Canal, 1900s
Chicago Drainage Canal being built (1899)
The canal at Willow Springs, Illinois, 1904