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The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles (541 km) 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 Illinois River , it is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals that provide a commercial shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ...
Canals on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois (3 P) Pages in category "Canals in Illinois" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The Morris Wide Water Canal Boat Site is an archaeological site in Morris, Illinois, which contains the remains of seven canal boats sunk in the Illinois & Michigan Canal. The boats were likely built between 1865 and 1885 and were abandoned at the site between 1895 and 1915, after which they gradually sank.
The CAWS includes various branches of the Chicago and Calumet Rivers, as well as other channels such as the North Shore Channel, Cal-Sag Channel, and Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal. [2] The CAWS ends near the Lockport Navigational Pool, the highest elevated of the eight pools of the Illinois Waterway. [3]
This category is for waterways of Illinois, specifically those used for transportation or parts of parks or other public recreational areas. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
HAER No. IL-101, "Illinois & Michigan Canal, Channahon Locktender's House" The Illinois and Michigan Canal, 1827–1911: A Selection of Documents from the Illinois State Archives; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago; Ottawa Visitors Center; Will County Historical Society, housed in original Canal Office
Patowmack Canal (Potomac Canal) MD: 1795 1828 Consists of the Little Falls Canal, Great Falls Canal, Seneca Falls Canal, Payne's Falls Canal, and House Falls Canal VA: Pawtucket Canal: MA: 1796 Pennsylvania Canal: PA: Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal: PA: 1840 1877 82 mi (132 km) OH: Portage Canal: WI: 1876 1951 2 mi (3.2 km) Powell's Canal: VA
The North Shore Channel is a 7.7 mile long canal built between 1907 and 1910 to increase the flow of North Branch of the Chicago River so that it would empty into the South Branch and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. [1] Its water is generally taken from Lake Michigan to flow into the canal at Wilmette Harbor.