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Identifier: diversionofwat00unit (find matches)
Title: Diversion of water from the Great lakes and Niagara river
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: United States. Army. Corps of engineers. (from old catalog) Warren, James Goold, 1858-1937. (from old catalog) United States. Board of engineers for rivers and harbors. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Water diversion Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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gether with the receipts from tolls, enables keeping the canal openfor navigation, but is inadequate to meet the expense of repairs ordredging to maintain a proper depth of channel. There was some interruption of navigation in the vicinity of Jolietfollowing 1905 due to operations of the Sanitary District of Chi-cago. The canal has fallen into disuse and poor repair. In 1916 itwas navigated by a very few boats, mostly small pleasure craft. Itsavailable draft had been reduced in places to If feet. In 1918 theFederal Government was dredging to restore this 4f-foot draft. TheIllinois and Michigan Canal is a State project, and is under theState department of public works and buildings. Diversions.—From the time of the opening of the Illinois andMichigan Canal in 1848 to the opening of the lock of the MainDrainage Canal on July 13, 1910, water was diverted from LakeMichigan through the Illinois and Michigan Canal into the DesPlaines River. The diversion was chiefly for sanitary purposes,
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