Abstracts of completed construction work, 1838-1848.

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Abstracts of completed construction work, 1838-1848.

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Periodic construction progress reports on various Illinois and Michigan Canal sections and structures list the section or structure (e.g., waste weirs; dams; locks; aqueducts; culverts; bridges; feeders;, lock gates); work completed (e.g., grubbing and cleaning; mucking; puddling; masonry; excavating; ditching; paving); and report date. The reports also contain information about contractors assigned to various sections and structures; costs for completed construction; and work still to be completed on sections and structures.

ledgers 3 volumes..25 cubic ft.

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois State Archive

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Illinois and Michigan Canal (Ill.)

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After the U.S. Congress granted nearly a hundred miles of public lands (between Lake Michigan and Illinois River headwaters) to the state of Illinois for canal construction (March 30, 1822), the General Assembly passed a canal bill (Feb. 14, 1923) establishing the Illinois and Michigan Canal Company. Following this company's failure, Congress donated Illinois land (March 2, 1827) "equal to one-half of five sections in width, on each side of the canal, reserving each alternate sectio...