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  2. Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine - Wikipedia

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    Lake Catherine is the smaller of the two lakes, sized at 1,940-acre (790 ha). The Lake Catherine State Park is located on the lake's shore. The lake was created in the 1920's with the building of Remmel Dam, a concrete-and-steel Ambursen-type buttressed dam. Remmel Dam was created to provide hydroelectricity, but the lake later developed into a ...

  3. Category:Dams in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Dams in Illinois" ... Carlyle Lake; G. Glen D. Palmer Dam; Grand Rapids Dam; L. Lake Shelbyville Dam; Lock and Dam Number 52; Lock and Dam Number ...

  4. Ouachita River - Wikipedia

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    From the lake, the Ouachita flows south into Lake Hamilton, a reservoir created by Carpenter Dam, named after Flavius Josephus Carpenter. The city of Hot Springs lies on the north side of Lake Hamilton. Another reservoir, Lake Catherine, impounds the Ouachita just below Lake Hamilton. Below Lake Catherine, the river flows free through most of ...

  5. Lockport Powerhouse - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of lakes of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Illinois. The lakes are ordered by their unique names, (i.e. Lake Smith or Smith Lake would both be listed under "S"). Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.

  7. Van Lyell House - Wikipedia

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    It is a two-story buff brick structure, built with Mediterranean styling. It was built in 1931, at about the same time that Carpenter Dam was under construction, impounding Lake Hamilton on whose shores it stands. It was built by Van Lyell, owner of the Hot Springs Coca-Cola franchise. [2]

  8. Illinois Waterway - Wikipedia

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    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 shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico ...

  9. Hamilton, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Hamilton is a city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,753 at the 2020 census, [ 3 ] a decline from 2,951 in 2010. [ 4 ] The city is located directly across the Mississippi River from Keokuk, Iowa .