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A View of the Chicago Drainage Canal 



This canal has been built by the city of Chicago at an expense of over $50,000,000. It 

 extends from the mouth of Chicago River to within sight of JoHet Lake, below Lockport. It 

 can be navigated the entire distance of 36 miles by ships drawing 20 feet. The city has 

 offered to contribute this magnificent waterway to the Gulf-to-Chicago deep-water route, 

 provided the government will make a 14-foot channel in the Illinois River to Saint Louis. Army 

 engineers have reported that such a channel could be constructed for $31,000,000, but 

 Congress, before making this appropriation, has instructed the Mississippi River Commission 

 to make a survey and estimate of cost for continuing the channel from Saint Louis to the 

 Gulf. This picture shows a section of the Chicago Drainage Canal cut through solid rock. 

 The stone is now being sold at a good price by the city. 



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The Chicago Drainage Canal at Romeo, Showing the Great Two-mile Curve 



