Illinois and Mississippi Canal
N 41° 47.210 W 089° 40.610
16T E 277563 N 4629572
The story of a canal that was completed too late.
Waymark Code: WM9CK8
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2010
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Construction on the 'Hennepin Canal,' as it was commonly known, began in 1892 and was completed in 1907 at a cost of more than seven million dollars. A feeder canal from the Rock River at Rock Falls joined the main canal 29 miles to the south near Mineral. Utilization of the Hennepin Canal never reached expected proportions because of rapid technological advances in other modes of transportation, and in 1951 it was closed to traffic.
County: Whiteside
Historical Society: Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society and The Illinois State Historical Society
Dedication Date: 01/01/1974
Location: The maker is located in Rock Falls, by the upper dam across the Rock River, on the west side of the feeder canal, near the power plant parking lot.
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