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LaGrange Lock and Dam is a lock and dam complex on the Illinois River at Versailles, Illinois. The structure includes a 1,066 feet (325 m) dam and a 110 by 600 feet (34 by 183 m) lock. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the complex from 1936 to 1939; A.F. Griffin designed the lock and dam, while Paul Le Gromwell designed the control station.
The Thirsty Whale, which opened in 1971, [citation needed] was a rock music club in River Grove, Illinois.It brought in acts like Blue Öyster Cult, Off Broadway, Molly Hatchet, Black Oak Arkansas, Extreme, Keith Reid with Bowser from Sha-Na-Na, Alice In Chains (opened for Extreme), Quiet Riot, Foghat, Johnny Winter, Mother Love Bone (who played their only Chicago show at the Whale), [citation ...
La Grange (/ l ə ˈ ɡ r eɪ n dʒ / lə GRAYNJ; often spelled LaGrange) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. [6] It is a suburb of Chicago . The population was 16,321 at the 2020 census.
The La Grange Village Historic District is a national historic district encompassing a large section of the village of La Grange, Illinois. The district includes over 1000 buildings, most of which are residences.
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 ...
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With the development of the Illinois Waterway to provide for a standardized inland shipping connection between Calumet Region and the Mississippi River, 160 feet (49 m) passing sidings were built along the canal every three miles in 1936. [2] However, the primary purpose of the Cal-Sag remained to drain sewage and stormwater away from the lake.
The lock has a standard 100-by-600-foot (30 m × 183 m) chamber, similar to other locks on the river, and a vertical lift of 11 feet (3.4 m). The dam is 536 feet (163 m) long and includes 108 wicket gates and a Tainter gate; it is one of two Illinois dams that still use wicket gates. [4]