Illinois Waterway, Marseilles Lock and Dam, 1 Hawk Drive, Marseilles, La Salle County, IL

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Significance: Marseilles Lock and Dam Historic District is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, which was developed to provide a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and beyond. In addition, the south headrace dam features Tainter gates that measured twice as long as any in existence in 1933, making them an important development in the technology of dams. Those in the north headrace dam are also much longer than any built during the same time period.

Survey number: HAER IL-164-E

Building/structure dates: 1920-1933 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: after. 1960- before. 1969 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: after. 1970- before. 1979 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1980 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1988 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1995 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 04000165

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1969 - 1980

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District

Smith, Walter Mickle

State of Illinois

Bassett, J

Heath, Ralph S

Orbison & Orbison Company

Green & Sons Company

Bonnell, Ralph

Schmidt Brothers Construction Company

McClintock-Marshall Corporation

Stevens Brothers

Miller-Hutchinson Company

Marseilles Land, Water and Power Company

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, sponsor

Deiss, Ron, project manager

Lockett, Dana, project manager

Christianson, Justine, transmitter

illinois , 41.32569, -88.73165

Library of Congress

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