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Construction materials lie near a waterway in an unidentfied town.

A landscape view shows a small waterway that runs parallel to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near an unidentified town.

A train passes over a bridge that extends across the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Large piles of rock stand under the Santa Fe Railway Bridge at Lemont during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

The Santa Fe Railway Bridge at Lemont extends across the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A person stands on the left bank of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in front of the Santa Fe Railway Bridge at Lemont.

Construction workers labor on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal behind a truss bridge.

Water fills a portion of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal as workers labor under a truss bridge.

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

Construction materials lie at a worksite on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal neaxt to a truss bridge.

Building materials surround an opening to a structure under construction.

Workers continue construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near downtown Chicago.

Construction workers labor on a large structure along a waterway in an unidentified town.

Chief engineer of the Sanitary District, George Wisner (left), president of the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., William Lydon (middle), and a third unidentified gentleman, pose for a group photo in downtown Chicago atop the large dipper of a…

Two unidentified men stand in an underground by-pass that looks north from Van Buren Street in downtown Chicago.

Building materials lie in the foreground of an image showing an underground bypass looking south.

Debris lies on the bottom of a by-pass in downtown Chicago.

A large steamboat is docked on a waterway in an industrial shipyard, likely the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A group of industrial buildings sits along the edge of a waterway.

A steamboat and sailboat navigate a waterway through an industrial shipyard, likely the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Several men stand on or near a mini dam on a waterway near the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Several officers pose outside the Sanitary District Police Station in Romeoville.

Two rifles lean against a desk inside the Chicago Sanitary District Police Station in Romeoville.

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

Workers line up outside the camp office to receive their checks on pay day.