Tuesday, May 7, 2024

I&M Canal: Lock: #9 and #10 in Marseilles, IL

#9: (Satellite)
#10: (Satellite)

Illinois and Michigan Canal Photo Tour posted
Wonderful rendering of the canal at Lock 10, Marseilles. The grain elevator eventually burned to the ground.

1940 Marseilles Quad @ 62,500

These two locks are just a block apart. It makes sense that there is a steep gradient here because the Illinois river needs a canal and a lock to get around the rapids that were here. And that gradient is why there used to be a lot of water power mills in this town. 
Satellite



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