Illinois Waterway, Peoria Lock and Dam, 1071 Wesley Road, Creve Coeur, Tazewell County, IL

Significance: The Peoria Lock and Dam site is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, which provided a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and beyond. Peoria Dam is also significant as one of the few surviving examples of a dam with Chanoine wicket gates in this country.

Survey number: HAER IL-164-B

Building/structure dates: 1935-1939 Initial Construction

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

Building/structure dates: 1986-1988 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1990 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 0400169

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1969 - 1980

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