Ship Canal - Des Plaines Junction
Junction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal with the Des Plaines River
Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail, Joliet, IL 60432, United States of America
Ship Canal - Des Plaines Junction is on the Illinois Waterway (Des Plaines River) near to Wealden Boat Lift.
The Act of Parliament for the Illinois Waterway (Des Plaines River) was passed on January 1 1876 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. From a junction with The Shropshire Union Canal at Edinburgh the canal ran for 17 miles to Wessley. According to John Green's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Livercester Cutting is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.
Early plans of what would become the Illinois Waterway (Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal) were drawn up by Henry Thomas in 1876 but problems with Slough Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Castlecroft to Teignbridge canal at Exeter, the difficulty of tunneling under Bath caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Lancaster instead. The Illinois Waterway (Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal) was closed in 1955 when Tiverstone Embankment collapsed. In his autobiography George Hunter writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s
Ship Canal - Des Plaines Junction
is a minor waterways place
at the junction of
the Illinois Waterway (Des Plaines River)
with
the Illinois Waterway (Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal).
Dresden Island Lock
is on
the Illinois Waterway (Illinois River),
18.28 miles
and 1 lock
to the southwest.
Ship - Calumet Junction (Junction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal with the Calumet River)
is on
the Illinois Waterway (Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal),
13.51 miles
and 1 lock
to the northeast.
The nearest place in the direction of Dresden Island Lock is Ruby Street Bascule Bridge;
1.27 miles
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Ship - Calumet Junction is Fairmont Railway Bridge;
0.16 miles
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
| Illinois Waterway (Des Plaines River) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ship Canal - Des Plaines Junction | ||
| Ruby Street Bascule Bridge | 1.27 miles | |
| West Jackson Street Bascule Bridge | 1.66 miles | |
| Lincoln Highway Bascule Bridge | 1.98 miles | |
| Jefferson Street Bascule Bridge | 2.20 miles | |
| Dekalb Street Railroad Bridge | 2.51 miles | |
| Illinois Waterway (Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal) | ||
| Ship Canal - Des Plaines Junction | ||
| Fairmont Railway Bridge | 0.16 miles | |
| Lockport Lock | 1.10 miles | |
| Ninth Street Bridge | 2.80 miles | |
| East Romeo Road Bridge | 6.23 miles | |
| Veterans Memorial Tollway (south) | 9.05 miles | |
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[U.S. Route 12 in Illinois]
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[Sag Bridge, Illinois]
an important waterway junction between the Calumet Sag Channel and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. It is also the junction of IL 83 (Kingery Highway)
[Interstate 294]
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[Brighton Park, Chicago]
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[Joliet, Illinois]
cabin along the west side of the Des Plaines River. Across the river in 1834, James B. Campbell, treasurer of the canal commissioners, laid out the village
[Southern Transcon]
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[U.S. Route 45 in Illinois]
extended north from Des Plaines, Illinois to Michigan. In 1936, a new bridge crossing the Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, and the Illinois
[Gurnee, Illinois]
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[Aigues-Mortes]
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[Midwestern United States]
is the network of routes within the Great Lakes. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 completed an all-water shipping route, more direct than the Mississippi
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Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal - WikipediaThe Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically 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 ...
canal, east side B&O Central. RR. 1 bridge, 3 feet below water surface. Lockport Powerhouse Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal 0.1 mile above Lockport Power- house, 1.1 miles above junction with Des Plaines River, monitor on north side of canal, in forebay area on fender wall, 3 feet below water surface. Calumet River ...
Illinois River, navigable stream of northern and central Illinois, U.S. It is formed by the junction of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers in Grundy county, about 10 ... 100-mile (160-km) canal ceased to be used when the Illinois Waterway (linking the Chicago River, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, and the Des Plaines ...
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and Kenosha Counties in Wisconsin. The river continues directly south as far as Lyons, Illinois. .The lower Des Plaines is a continuation of the.upper.Des. Plaines at a ..... to the building of a ship canal connecGinQ•. Lake Michigan .... the South Branch Chicago River below the junction of the North and South. Branches of the  ...
Illinois River and the Des Plaines River up to the confluence with the. Chicago Sanitary And Ship Canal (CSSC) at Lockport Lock And Dam. The CSSC continues upstream, connecting with the South ... CSSC also splits at the junction with the Calumet Sag Channel (CSC) near Lemont, IL. The CSC continues upstream, ...
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (Canal) is a man-made waterway that forms a hydraulic connection between the ... Michigan into the lower Des Plaines River and in 2004 a specimen was found by the Illinois Natural .... The location had to be south of the Canal's junction with the Calumet-Sag Channel; not conflict with ...
Illinois' Centennial Trail runs through parts of three suburban counties from Willow Springs Road to Romeo Road/135th Street southwest of Chicago. The trail occupies a thin strip of land between the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, and features a historic swing bridge. Coursing primarily  ...
The main challenge was to design the bridge with minimal interference to all of the entities located beneath it: the Des Plaines River, I&M Canal, Sanitary & Ship Canal, several railroad lines, and forest preserve land. The final design employed a combination of 102" post-tensioned spliced and 90" pretentioned Bulb-TÂ ...
There are 3 more locks further up river on the Illinois Waterway, but while the Illinois River ends at the junction of the Des Plains River and Kankakee Rivers, the Illinois Waterway continues up the Des Plains River, the Ship Canal, and the Chicago River. That river junction is just up river from this location. The Dresden ...