About Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

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The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 28-mile-long (45 km) canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the direction of the Main Stem and the South Branch of the Chicago River, which now flows out of Lake Michigan rather than into it. The related Calumet-Saganashkee Channel does the same for the Calumet River a short distance to the south, joining the Chicago canal about half way along its route to the Des Plaines. The two provide the only navigation for ships between the Great Lakes Waterway and the Mississippi River system.

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Cook County, Illinois, United States of America, 60480

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St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery (Lemont, Illinois)

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Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket

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Robert Vial House

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Lemont Methodist Episcopal Church

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William L. Gregg House

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Twin Tower Sanctuary

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John Humphrey House (Orland Park, Illinois)

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Robert A. and Mary Childs House

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Orland P. Bassett House

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Immanuel Hall

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William and Helen Coffeen House

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Francis Stuyvesant Peabody House

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William Whitney House

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Downtown Hinsdale Historic District

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Avery Coonley School

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Western Springs Water Tower

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First Congregational Church of Western Springs

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George E. Purple House

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Graue Mill

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Mayslake Peabody Estate

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Butler School (Oak Brook, Illinois)

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Stone Manor

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Chicago Portage National Historic Site

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Coonley House

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Ron George Round Barn

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Hofmann Tower

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Robert Milne House

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Fitzpatrick House (Lockport, Illinois)

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Will County Historical Society Headquarters

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Lockport Historic District

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