Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
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The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a man-made waterway in Illinois that reverses the flow of the Chicago River, diverts wastewater away from Lake Michigan, and serves as a key navigation link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal canonical | 16 |
| Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal infrastructure | 1 |
| Illinois Waterway | 1 |
| Sanitary and Ship Canal | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
man-made waterway ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Calumet-Sag Channel (via Illinois Waterway system)
ⓘ
Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
surface form:
Illinois and Michigan Canal (historically via system)
|
| connectsWaterbody |
Chicago River
ⓘ
Des Plaines River ⓘ |
| connectsWaterSystem |
Great Lakes
ⓘ
Mississippi River basin ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi River system
|
| constructionStartDate | 1892 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedToCarry |
commercial navigation
ⓘ
wastewater ⓘ |
| endPoint |
Lockport, Illinois area
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockport, Illinois
|
| engineeredFlowDirection | away from Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| environmentalConcern | pathway for invasive aquatic species between Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins ⓘ |
| hasEngineeringFeature |
controlling works at Chicago River
ⓘ
reversed river gradient ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
flood control
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ wastewater conveyance ⓘ |
| hasLegalSignificance |
regulated by Supreme Court decrees on Lake Michigan diversion
ⓘ
subject of interstate water diversion disputes ⓘ |
| hasLock | Lockport Lock and Dam ⓘ |
| historicalImpact |
reduced direct sewage discharge into Lake Michigan
ⓘ
reversed the natural drainage of the Chicago River basin ⓘ |
| length | approximately 28 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cook County, Illinois
ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ Will County, Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
|
| openingDate | 1900 ⓘ |
| operator | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ⓘ |
| partOf |
Illinois Waterway system
ⓘ
surface form:
Illinois Waterway
Inland waterway system of the United States ⓘ |
| protectsWaterSource | Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| purpose |
diversion of wastewater away from Lake Michigan
ⓘ
navigation link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system ⓘ reversal of the flow of the Chicago River ⓘ |
| regionServed | Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ |
| startPoint | Chicago River ⓘ |
| waterwayClass | artificial channel ⓘ |
| waterwayStatus | navigable waterway ⓘ |
| waterwayType |
sanitary canal
ⓘ
ship canal ⓘ |
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Illinois Waterway
this entity surface form:
Sanitary and Ship Canal
subject surface form:
Lockport, Illinois
this entity surface form:
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal infrastructure
Calumet-Sag Channel (via Illinois Waterway system)
→
connectsWith
→
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Calumet-Sag Channel