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A Pictorial Journey Down the I & M Canal
From Seneca to LaSalle Cities, Illinois

Comprising Locks #9 thru 15
and including Ottawa's Lateral Canal and Hydraulic Basin
Image Set Compiled by Lyle Hamm, 2007

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Lock #9, Marseilles, IL
1910_Marseilles_Lock_num9		 Fox River Aqueduct
Fox River Aqueduct		 Little Vermillion River Aqueduct
Aqueduct_LaSalle
Boats on the I&M Canal
Boats_on_I&M_Canal		 Lateral Canal, Ottawa, IL, 1920's
Canal_Bed		 Canal Boat in the early 1900's
Canal_Boat_early_1900s
Canal-River Boat: City of Pekin
Canal_River_Boat		 Hydraulic Basin Cascades, Ottawa, IL
Cascades_c1912		 Chicogo Street Bridge over I&M Canal, Marseilles, IL
Chicago_Street_Bridge
Lock #9, Marseilles, IL
Chicago_St_at_Lock_num9		 City of Pekin Canal/River Boat
City_of_Pekin_Boat		 Superior Street Lock, Ottawa, IL
Control_Gate
Feeder Canal Culvert, Dayton, IL
Culvert_at_Dayton		 Men Working on Digging the I&M Canal
Digging_in_Canal		 Canal Boats and Mule Teams on the Erie Canal
Erie Canal
Men Digging for Coal in the Feeder Canal during the Great Depression
Feeder_Canal_CB&Q
_Tracks_to_Right		 Culvert over the Feeder Canal at Dayton, IL
Feeder_Culvert		 Feeder Canal as viewed from Columbus Street, Ottawa, IL
Feeder_from_Columbus_St
Hydraulic Basin Disappears From History
Filled_Basin		 Lateral Canal Being Filled In During the Great Depression
Filling_Lateral		 Fish Ladder at Lock #11 near Ottawa, IL
Fish_Ladder
Remains of Crossover Bridge east of the Fox River Aqueduct
Foot_Bridge		 View of Lateral Canal north of the Hydraulic Basin
From_Hydraulic_Basin_1890s		 Empty Grain Barge on the I&M Canal
Grain_Barge
Grain Barge being loaded on I&M Canal at Seneca, IL
Grain_Elevator_at_Seneca		 Lyle Hamm Cover Sheet
Image_Set_Compiled
_by_Lyle_R_Hamm		 Remains of the Keen Kleaner Company, Ottawa, IL
Keen_Kleener_Cc_2
Keen Cleaner Company, Ottawa, IL, circa 1900
Keen_Kleener_Co_c1900		 King & Hamilton Implement Company, Ottawa, IL
King_n_Hamilton		 Lafayette Street Turnbridge over the Lateral Canal, Ottawa, IL
LaFayette_St_Turnbridge
Barge Traffic on the I&M Canal at La Salle, IL
LaSalle_Canal		 Remains of the Towpath Bridge over the Lateral Canal, Ottawa, IL
Lateral_Canal_Inlet		 Lateral Canal viewed to south off the Towpath Bridge, Ottawa, IL
Lateral_Canal_Lock
Lithograph Showing Canal Boats Being Pulled by Mule Teams
Lithograph		 I&M Canal Aqueduct over the Little Vermillion River
Little_Vermillion_River		 Rebuilt Lock #14, La Salle, IL
Lock_num14_LaSalle
Lock #10, Marseilles, IL
Lock_num10_ Marseilles		 Lock #11, Ottawa, IL
Lock_num11		 Lock #11 while in operation, Ottawa, IL
Lock_num11_with_Boat
Lock #12, west of Ottawa, IL
Lock_num12_I&M_Canal		 Lock #12, west of Ottawa, IL
Lock_num12_in_1960		 Lock #12, west of Ottawa, IL
Lock_num12_looking_East
Lock #13, Utica, IL
Lock_num13_at_Utica		 Lock #14, La Salle, IL
Lock_num14_Recent		 Lock #9, Marseilles, IL
Lock_num9_looking_east
Lock #9, Marseilles, IL
Lock_num9_Marseilles		 Mule Barns, Ottawa, IL
Mule_Barns		 Ottawa Window Glass factory along the I&M Canal
Ottawa_Window_Glass
Cucumber Greenhouse of the Davis-Harris Company, Ottawa, IL
Pickle_Factory		 Pioneer Fireproof Construction Company, Ottawa, IL
Pioneer_Fireproof		 Hogan Grain Elevator along the I&M Canal, Seneca, IL
Seneca_Canal
Millrun and Raceway of the Hydraulic Basin, Ottawa, IL
Spillway		 Millrun and Raceway before it was filled in during the 1930s, Ottawa, IL
Spillway_1932		 New use for the filled-in Millrun and Raceway, Ottawa, IL
Spillway_Lincoln_Place
Split Rock between Utica and La Salle, IL
Split_Rock		 Superior Street Lock on the Lateral Canal, Ottawa, IL
Superior_Street_Lock		 Superior Street Lock on the Lateral Canal, Ottawa, IL
Superior_Street_Lock_looking_North
Superior Street Lock on the Lateral Canal, Ottawa, IL
Superior_St_Lock_Gate_c1930		 The Foster Brothers, owners and operators of the City of Pekin
The_Fosters		 Only surviving I&M Canal Tollhouse, Ottawa, IL
Toll_House
Towpath Bridge crossing the Lateral Canal, Ottawa, IL
Tow_Path_Bridge		 Towpath Bridge crossing the Lateral Canal, Ottawa, IL
Tow_Path_Bridge_1910		 Twin Bluffs area on the I&M Canal
Twin_Bluffs
Unknown canal lock
Unknown_Lock		 Upper Lock, Marseilles, IL
Upper_Lock_Marseilles		 Operations on the I&M Canal, Utica, IL
Utica_1912
Utica Sewer Pipe and Tile Company, Utica, IL
Utica_Sewer_Tile		 Walking bridge over the I&M Canal just west of Lock #10, Marseilles, IL
Walk_Bridge_Marseilles		 Fox River Aqueduct, Ottawa, IL
Water_in_Aqueduct
Fox River Aqueduct, Ottawa, IL
Winter_View		 Stamboat used on I&M Canal
Canal_Steamboat		 Pleasure boats docked along the I&M Canal
Pleasure_Boats