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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 ...
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]
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal reached Lockport, Illinois in the 1890s. As part of this construction, a lock and dam was built in Lockport. Seven waste gates, used to control the level of water in the canal and Des Plaines River, were part of this project. [2] From 1903 to 1907, the canal was extended from Lockport to Joliet. Construction ...
The dam was built for flood control and navigation in 1969 as a part of the Stratton project [1] dam system [2] which was designed to keep the river navagable from the Wisconsin border to the confluence with the Illinois River. It is owned by Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The dam is 7 ft (2.1 m) high and 325 ft (99 m) long. It ...
The Graue Mill is also nearby to Salt Creek Trail, a trail that follows the path of Salt Creek from Itasca to Brookfield. Recognizing the water quality and habitat impairments caused by run of the river dams, the DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup and Forest Preserve District of DuPage County retained Hey to complete design and permitting ...
The Saline River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 27 miles (43 km) long, [3] in the Southern Illinois region of the U.S. state of Illinois. The river drains a large section of southeast Illinois, with a drainage basin of 1,762 square miles (4,564 km 2). The major tributaries include the South Fork, Middle Fork and North Fork, all ...
The Saline River of southeastern Illinois where John Crenshaw at the Illinois Salines, in Equality, Illinois, leased out Kentucky slaves from their owners who boiled down salt brine water from wells and the river into usable salt for sale.