Illinois Waterway system

E73921
navigation route waterway system

The Illinois Waterway system is a network of rivers, canals, and locks in Illinois that provides a vital navigable link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Illinois Waterway 15
Illinois Waterway system canonical 3
Chicago Area Waterway System 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf navigation route ⓘ
waterway system ⓘ
connectsCity City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

St. Louis metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis region
connectsRegion Great Lakes region ⓘ
Mississippi River basin ⓘ
connectsTo Calumet River ⓘ
Chicago River ⓘ
Des Plaines River ⓘ
Great Lakes ⓘ
Illinois River ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicRole freight transportation corridor ⓘ
hasFunction link Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico via Mississippi River ⓘ
hasPart Alton Lock and Dam ⓘ
Brandon Road Lock and Dam ⓘ
Calumet River ⓘ
surface form: Calumet-Sag Channel

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal ⓘ
Dresden Island Lock and Dam ⓘ
Illinois River ⓘ
Dresden Island Lock and Dam ⓘ
surface form: La Grange Lock and Dam

Lockport Lock and Dam ⓘ
Marseilles Lock and Dam ⓘ
Peoria Lock and Dam ⓘ
Dresden Island Lock and Dam ⓘ
surface form: Starved Rock Lock and Dam

canals ⓘ
dams ⓘ
locks ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
locatedOn Illinois River ⓘ
surface form: Illinois River valley
maintainedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
navigableFor barges ⓘ
towboats ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
partOf Inland Waterway System of the United States ⓘ
regulates water levels for navigation ⓘ
supportsIndustry agriculture ⓘ
chemicals ⓘ
construction materials ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ
use barge transportation ⓘ
commercial navigation ⓘ
industrial shipping ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterwayType artificial and natural waterway combination ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calumet River → isPartOf → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
South Deering community area → isOnWaterwayNetwork → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes–Mississippi shipping corridor
Port of Chicago vicinity → hasWaterwayConnection → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal → partOf → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal → connectsTo → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois and Michigan Canal (historically via system)
Cal-Sag Channel → partOf → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois waterway system
Cal-Sag Channel → partOf → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago Area Waterway System
Inland Waterway System of the United States → hasPart → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Illinois River → partOf → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Port of Chicago → connectsTo → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Peoria Lock and Dam → partOf → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Peoria Lock and Dam → riverSystem → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
Alton Lock and Dam → partOf → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Alton Lock and Dam → waterwaySystem → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Calumet-Sag Channel (via Illinois Waterway system) → partOf → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
subject surface form: Calumet-Sag Channel
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Calumet-Sag Channel (via Illinois Waterway system) → waterwaySystem → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
subject surface form: Calumet-Sag Channel
Brandon Road Lock and Dam → locatedOnWaterway → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Brandon Road Lock and Dam → partOf → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway navigation system
Brandon Road Lock and Dam → controlsWaterLevelsFor → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Dresden Island Lock and Dam → locatedOn → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Marseilles Lock and Dam → partOf → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Marseilles Lock and Dam → waterwaySystem → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway
Chicago Area Waterway System → partOf → Illinois Waterway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Waterway