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13. Chicago River A view of the Chicago River, North Pier Lock and Lake Michigan (foreground). Water flow between Lake Michigan and the Chicago River system is controlled by the lock. Navy Pier is in the right foreground. (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1996) 14. South Branch of the Chicago River A view of the South Branch of the Chicago River immediately southwest of the Loop. The river 14 flows from right (north) to left (south). Congress Street (Interstate 290, the Eisenhower Expressway) crosses over the South Branch in the center of the photograph, then proceeds through the Chicago Post Office building. (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1995) 15. South Branch of the Chicago River The South Branch flows from center foreground to left background. Proceeding downstream, bridges include Amtrak Railroad, Canal Street, Cermak Road and the Dan Ryan Expressway (Interstate 90/94). (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1995)
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16. South Branch of the Chicago River, Sanitary and Ship Canal The South Branch flows from the right fore- ground, passing under the Loomis Street bridge, to left background where it joins the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near the Damen Avenue bridge. The South Turning Basin is the large area of open water. (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1995)
17. South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River The South Fork flows from left background to 17 center foreground. Ashland Avenue parallels the right bank of the waterway, while the cluster of bridges spanning the South Fork includes the Stevenson Expressway (Interstate 55) and Archer Avenue. The site of the original Illinois and Michigan Canal lock (Lock No. 0), located on the site in the right foreground, will be commemo- rated by the Chicago Canal Origins Park. (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1996)
18. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal A view looking west along the canal flowing from right foreground to left background. The Commonwealth Edison Crawford Generating Station (striped smokestack) is located to the right of the Canal at the Pulaski Road bridge (background). The waterfront warehouse and loading dock with barges is typical of shipping facilities on navigable portions of the waterway. Bridges include (foreground to middleground) Western Avenue, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, California Avenue and Illinois Central Gulf 18 Railroad. (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1995) LAKE FOREST
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19. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal A view of the Sanitary and Ship Canal and typical barge traffic that frequents the waterway. The Des Plaines River, which parallels the canal south of Summit, is in the upper portion of the photo- graph and the Illinois and Michigan Canal is hid- den by vegetation at the lower left. The area pic- tured is in the vicinity of Willow Springs south of Interstate 294. (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1995) 20. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal 20 and Calumet Sag Channel A view of the many waterways in the Palos Hills- Lemont area. The historic Illinois and Michigan Canal (lower left) parallels the larger Sanitary and Ship Canal. The bridge in the middle foreground is Illinois Route 83. Paralleling the Sanitary and Ship Canal on the right is the Des Plaines River. The confluence of the Ship Canal and the Calumet Sag Channel is located in the left middle- ground adjacent to the Canal Junction Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Station. The Village of Lemont adjoins the left bank of the Ship Canal (left background). (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1995) 21. Calumet Sag Channel A view of recreational boaters on the Calumet Sag Channel in the Palos Hills Forest Preserve (ad- ministered by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County) in the vicinity of Saganashkee Slough. (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1995) 21 LAKE FOREST
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22. Calumet Sag Channel A view of the channel as it flows through Palos Heights. The water body adjacent to the channel is Lake Katherine and nature center. Harlem Avenue (Illinois Highway 43) crosses the channel in the left middleground and College Drive (Illinois Highway 83) is in the foreground. (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1996) 23. Little Calumet River A view of the Little Calumet River as it flows (right middleground to left foreground) around 23 the Acme Bend. The Riverdale Plant of Acme Steel Company occupies the peninsula formed by the bend. The Penn Central Railroad crosses the river in the center of the photograph. The wood- ed area in the foreground is Whistler Woods, administered by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1996) 24. Calumet River A view of the Calumet River in the vicinity of Calumet Harbor (out of view to the right) as it flows toward the Little Calumet River (right back- ground to left foreground). The large body of water (right background) is a turning basin. The small bridge just below the basin is 95th Street. The Penn Central Railroad crosses the river in the center of the photograph and the Chicago Sky- way (Interstate 190) crosses to the left of center. (Photograph by Richard E. Carter, 1996)
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