Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 28-mile-long (45 km) canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the direction of the Main Stem and the South Branch of the Chicago River, which now flows out of Lake Michigan rather than into it. It provides the only navigation for ships between the Great Lakes Waterway and the Mississippi River system.[1]
The Canal was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 2011.[2]
Chicago Sanitary And Ship Canal Media
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The location and course of the old Illinois and Michigan Canal, which the Sanitary and Ship Canal largely replaced
Construction of the Chicago Drainage Canal, 1900s
Chicago Drainage Canal being built (1899)
The canal at Willow Springs, Illinois, 1904
Infographic explaining the electric barrier system designed to prevent Asian Carp from reaching Lake Michigan
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