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
Samuel D. Lockwood
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Samuel Drake Lockwood was an Illinois lawyer and politician who served as the state's Attorney General, Secretary of State, Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and the state's trustee on the board o
