Canal Boat: (Satellite)
#14: (Satellite)#15: (Satellite)
I think #14 is the only I&M lock that has preserved its gates. But they are not used because a bulkhead has been added upstream of the upper gate.
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| Illinois and Michigan Canal Photo Tour posted Looking into Lock 14, LaSalle in 2006. Paul Braun: From the river side looking back, right? Dennis DeBruler: Paul Braun I agree, the view is looking upstream. It appears that the upstream gate is as tall as the downstream gate. I wonder if that was normal for the I&M Canal. That is not normal for most locks. |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Old US 51 bridge over Lock 14 Bridge over Lock 14 looking east from Lock 15, what appear to be piers are actually for the bridge further east carrying Ill 351 of the canal and the RR, this section of US 51 thru La Salle was renamed Ill 351 when US 51 was rerouted over the Peru Bridge in the 1960's. Dave Wozniak photo Don Lavotny: The changes over time are very interesting. I wonder why the CB&Q trestle is not visible in the foreground. Maybe it was not yet made or maybe this photo is taken from it or under it. My memories of it are from the 1960s. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post The bridge was made in the 1800s, so it would be a question of when that bridge was removed, not made. I found that it was damaged and removed in 1979, https://web.archive.org/web/20160807020945/http://bridgehunter.com/il/la-salle/bh51036/. This 1970 aerial photo shows that the RR bridge was just east of Lock #15, so it would appear in the photo. The old bridge is not being used, but it still exists. After studying some Google Earth images, I discovered that the piers are extant, https://maps.app.goo.gl/jy413S19inLVSfYS8. The southern pier must be just out-of-frame to the right of the photo. The oldest usable Google Earth image, 1999, shows that the old bridge had already been removed. So the photo must have been taken after 1979 and before 1999. Don Lavotny: Dennis DeBruler thank you for your awesome research. |
We are looking downstream with the Illinois River in the distant backround.
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| Andy Zukowski posted Lock 14 (foreground), Canal Boat Basin, CB&Q RR bridge piers, Lock 15, Steamboat Basin & canal to Illinois River junction |
Back when the CB&Q Bridge still went over the canal near Lock #15.
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| Andy Zukowski posted Highway Bridge that went over Lock 14 over the I&M Canal with the Bridgtenders House in view at right looking East. Photo from the Ray Tutaj Collection |
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| 40:47 video @ 0:54 |
The canal basin was just west (downstream) of Lock #15.
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| Michael Nieslawski posted LaSalle Canal Basin 1865 Canal Boat Cluster |
Is that a zinc or coal mining operation on the right?
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| Larry E. Bird posted Other Immke 1875 glass photo looking west toward Lock 14& 15. Jane Ousec: Boat down Larry E. Bird: Jane Ousec the wood boats leaked if not in use on regular runs. |
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