Cal-Sag Channel

E73438

canal man-made waterway navigation channel

The Cal-Sag Channel is a man-made waterway in the Chicago metropolitan area that diverts and carries water and barge traffic between the Calumet River system and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal → man-made waterway → navigation channel →
basinCountry	United States →
connectedCanal	Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal →
connectedRiverSystem	Calumet River system →
connectsHydrologicBasins	Great Lakes basin → Mississippi River basin →
connectsTo	Calumet River → Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal →
country	United States →
directionOfFlow	generally westward →
flowsNear	Alsip, Illinois → Blue Island, Illinois → Lemont, Illinois NERFINISHED → Palos Hills, Illinois NERFINISHED → Worth, Illinois →
flowsThrough	Cook County, Illinois →
hasAdjacentLandUse	industrial areas → suburban communities →
hasBridgeCrossing	Illinois Route 83 → Interstate 294 → Interstate 57 NERFINISHED → multiple railroad bridges →
hasFunction	conveys wastewater effluent → diverts Calumet River water away from Lake Michigan → supports industrial shipping →
length	approximately 16 miles →
locatedIn	Chicago metropolitan area → Illinois →
maintainedBy	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago →
nearbyFeature	Calumet-Sag Trail →
opened	1922 →
operator	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago →
originalPurpose	navigation improvement → sanitary water diversion →
partOf	Chicago Area Waterway System → Illinois waterway system → Mississippi River watershed →
region	Midwestern United States →
usedFor	barge traffic → commercial navigation → water diversion →
waterwayClass	commercial barge route →
waterwayType	inland waterway →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Calumet River →	connectsTo