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John "Jack" Hilliard I&M Canal Book
All images and text used with the kind permission
of Mr. John "Jack" Hilliard, 2006.

The Illinois and Michaigan Canal at Otawa, Illinois
During the 1920's and Early 1930's
Final Chapter in the Story of the Feeder Canal, the Lateral Canal, the Hydraulic Basin, and the Spillway
Complied from Old Photographs - Old Newspaper Clippings and Personal Experiences

Compiled and Written by John A. Hilliard
1996

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Control Gates Into Lateral Canal (193kb) Superior Street Lock abt. 1930-31 (190kb) Lafayette Street Bridge circa 1930 (187kb) Spillway Gate Into Fox River circa 1930 (216kb)
Filled In Hydraulic Basin circa 1932 (125kb) Paved Over Spillway - 1933 (107kb) New Hillard Bridge And Approaches - 1933 (172kb) Ottawa City Offices - 1933 (152kb)
Bed of Feeder Canal - Mining Coal in 1931 (189kb) Bed of Feeder Canal - Minig Coal in 1931 (193kb) United Relief Association Wood Yard - 1931 (146kb) Courtney Street Looking West From State Street (221kb)
Courtney Street Looking East To State Street circa 1927-28 (195kb) Aerial View of Ottawa - 1932 (198kb) Hillard Bridge - 1934 (131kb) Hillard Bridge - 1934 (edited photo) (79kb)