Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport Rehabilitation Case Study

摘要

Construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC) (Figure 1) began in 1892 and the canal was opened in 1900. This was the first important work of the newly formed Sanitary District of Chicago [now the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC)]. The CSSC began at the South Branch of the Chicago River at Robe Avenue (now Damen Avenue) and continued to the Controlling Works at Lockport, IL, a distance of approximately 30 miles. The river now flowed out of Lake Michigan, through the South Branch of the Chicago River, through the CSSC at Damen Avenue, through the Controlling Works and into the Des Plaines River at Lockport, ultimately flowing down the Illinois River to the Mississippi River.