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A close up view shows the conveyor system on a large cantilever conveyor crane used to move earth excavated during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A large pile of broken rock stands at the end of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal construction site.

A landscape view shows a section of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Several construction workers stand in a group around two people "shooting craps" outside an unidentified building.

Several pieces of construction equipment work on the construction of the Bear Trap Dam at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Cranes lift construction materials next to the Bear Creek Dam spillway construction site.

A view of the Bear Trap Dam shows a floodgate.

Railroad tracks run through the construction site at the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction workers labor among several large pieces of equipment on the bed of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Several smokestacks emit smoke on either side of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal construction site.

Construction workers stand among building equipment and materials during construction of the Bear Trap Dam.

Construction workers labor on the Bear Trap Dam spillway.

Several large rocks and pieces of construction equipment stand on top of the Bear Trap Dam construction site.

Construction materials fill the Bear Trap Dam construction site at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A large truss structure stands on the banks of a partially filled Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A bridge spans a partially filled section of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A landscape view shows several buildings along the banks of an unidentified waterway used during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Two men stand on a structure near the right bank of an unidentified waterway in an unidentified town.

Several cranes stand on top of the Bear Trap Dam during construction.

A truss bridge extends across the slightly filled Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction materials lie on top of the Bear Trap Dam located at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport.

Two unidentified children sit outside a wooden building.

A landscape view shows the snowy Bear Trap Dam and Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during construction.

Construction workers labor on top of a portion of the Bear Trap Dam located at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport.

A landscape view shows the length of the Bear Trap Dam during the winter.