Levels of the Kankakee River and the head of the Kankakee feeder up to Beardsley's Dam, 1856.

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Levels of the Kankakee River and the head of the Kankakee feeder up to Beardsley's Dam, 1856.

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Kankakee River water level record taken at various points.

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