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Flood control dams were constructed along the creek in 1978 within the Ned Brown Forest Preserve near Elk Grove Village, Illinois, creating the 590-acre (2.4 km 2) Busse Lake. A diversion tunnel was constructed approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of the confluence with the Des Plaines River, at a point where the two streams are separated by ...
Lock and Dam No. 18 is a lock and dam located near Gladstone, Illinois and Burlington, Iowa on the Upper Mississippi River around river mile 410.5. The movable dam is 1,350 feet (411.5 m) and consists of 3 roller gates and 14 tainter gates. The lock is 110 feet (33.5 m) wide by 600 feet (182.9 m) long.
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 ...
This category is for articles about dams in the U.S. state of ... Pages in category "Dams in Illinois" ... List of locks and dams of the Ohio River; 0–9. Lock and ...
Salt Creek is a major tributary to the Sangamon River, which it joins at the boundary between Mason and Menard County, Illinois. [2] There are at least two other Salt Creeks in Illinois, Salt Creek (Des Plaines River Tributary), and in Effingham County, Illinois. Salt Creek is about 110 miles (180 km) in length. [3]
Palmer Creek (Columbia, IL) Panther Creek (Mackinaw watershed) Pecatonica River; Pine Creek; Piscasaw Creek; Plum River; Red River; Rock Creek; Rock River; Rush Creek; Saline Branch; Saline River; Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary) Salt Creek (Little Wabash River tributary) Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary) Salt Fork Vermilion River ...
"Refuse, Reform, and Reversal: An Environmental History of the Chicago River, 1830-1910" (PhD dissertation, The University of Oklahoma, 2020) online; Herget, James E. "The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal: A Case Study of Law as a Social Vehicle for Managing Our Environment." University of Illinois Law Forum (1974): 285–313; online at HeinOnline
Dam River Removal timeframe Notes Junction Falls Dam: Kinnickinnic River: 2023–2040 In 2018, River Falls, Wisconsin, approved the removal of two little-used dams in the city. This would return the Kinnickinnic River to a free-flowing state and restore the city's namesake falls. [30] Powell Dam: 2025–2040