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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 ...
Search. Search. Appearance. Donate; ... Pages in category "Dams in Illinois" ... List of locks and dams of the Ohio River; 0–9. Lock and Dam No. 26 (historical) ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Saline Branch of the Salt Fork in Crystal Lake Park in Urbana. The Salt Fork is a tributary of the Vermilion River located in the Central Corn Belt Plains of Illinois. [1]The Salt Fork owes its name to saline springs that provided natural salt licks for animals, and which were used for production of salt by Native Americans and early settlers.
Salt Creek is a tributary of the Little Wabash River, which it joins near Edgewood, Illinois, near the boundary between Effingham and Clay counties. [1] There are at least two other "Salt Creeks" in Illinois: Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary) and Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary). Salt Creek is about 18.5 miles (29.8 km) in length. [2]