Illinois and Michigan Canal
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The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River. In Illinois, it ran 96 miles from the Chicago River in Bridgeport, Chicago, to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru. O
A scene at Seneca, Illinois
New lock and dam structures that replaced the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal
Illinois and Michigan Canal west of Willow Springs, where the unused canal is clogged with fallen trees
Fox River Aqueduct in Ottawa, Illinois
Illinois Waterway
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The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles of navigable water from the mouth of the Calumet River at Chicago to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. Based primarily on the Ill
Illinois and Michigan Canal
…partially replaced by the wider and deeper Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in 1900, and it ceased transportation operations with the completion of the Illinois Waterway in 1933. Portions of the canal have been filled in. Much of the former canal, near the Heritage Corridor transit line, has been preserved as part of…
The Illinois Waterway at Starved Rock Lock and Dam
T. J. O’Brien Lock and Dam on the Calumet River, part of the Illinois Waterway