Illinois and Michigan Canal - Lock Number 1
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Illinois and Michigan Canal - Lock Number 1
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Photograph - Photography
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The remains of Lock number 1 on the Illinois and Michigan Canal in Lockport, Illinois.
Construction on the Illinois and Michigan Canal began in 1836 and was completed in 1848. The 96-mile-long Canal was the last link needed to connect the Atlantic Ocean at the Port of New York to the Gulf of Mexico at the Port of New Orleans via the Great Lakes. One of the few successful canals in the country its construction debt was paid off by 1871 something few canals ever accomplished. The Canal helped to make Chicago a transportation and economic hub of the nation.
Lockport, Illinois, was located about 1/3 of the way between the I&M Canal’s starting point in Bridgeport on the Chicago River and the ending point in LaSalle, Illinois, on the Illinois River, making it a natural location for the I&M canal headquarters. All canal planning, staging, and warehousing operations were located here.
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July 17th, 2022
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