Illinois & Michigan Canal, Lift Lock No. 7 & Control Gate, East side of DuPage River, Channahon, Will County, IL
Summary
Significance: Lift Lock No. 7 is one of the fifteen lift-locks designed by William Gooding, chief engineer of Illinois and Michigan Canal. Adjacent to Lock No. 7 is a control gate that allows water into the canal from the DuPage River. This control gate was reconstructed in the 1980s.
Survey number: HAER IL-42
Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1980 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000332
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Gooding, William
Location
Channahon, 41.42948, -88.22867
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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