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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 ...
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]
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 (Sangamon River tributary) Salt Fork Vermilion River; Sangamon River; Shoal Creek; Sinsinawa River; Skillet Fork; Skokie River; Somonauk Creek; South Branch Chicago River; South Branch Kishwaukee River; Spoon River; Stillman Creek; Sugar Creek; Sugar River; Thorn Creek; Tyler Creek (Illinois) (not to be confused with a creek of the ...
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]
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 first dam at the site was a wooden dam built in 1907. This dam deteriorated and was replaced by a steel sheet piling design sometime before 1915. A lock was constructed at the same time as this dam. The lock and dam were conveyed to the Illinois DNR in 1923-24.
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 ...