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A side view shows the rapids passing over the Bear Trap Dam located at Lockport.

A view shows the rapids passing over the Bear Trap Dam where 255,000 cubic feet of water passes every minute.

Rapids pass over the Bear Trap Dam located at Lockport, at a rate of 255,000 cubic feet per minute.

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

Water flows steadily over a mini dam located near an unidentified bridge.

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.

A side view shows the Bear Trap Dam more than seven months after water was released from Lake Michigan into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A view from the top of the Bear Trap Dam shows the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal nearly nine months after water was released from Lake Michigan into the canal.

Men stand on top of the Bear Trap Dam nearly nine months after water was released from Lake Michigan into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A landscape view shows vegetation growing around the Bear Trap Dam on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A man looks on from the Bear Trap Dam nearly nine months after water was released from Lake Michigan into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

An aerial view shows the top of the Bear Trap Dam and the surrounding waterways nearly nine months after water was released from Lake Michigan into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A view from the top of the Bear Trap Dam shows water pouring on of the side of the dam nearly nine months after water was released from Lake Michigan into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Two men stand on the walkway on the top of the Bear Trap Dam.

An aerial view shows "The Great Two Mile Curve," at Romeoville, ten months after the filling of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The location of a recently removed passenger bridge can be seen in the lower right corner of the photo.

Workers construct an additional structure atop the Bear Trap Dam more than ten months after water was released from Lake Michigan into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A landscape view shows the Bear Trap Dam surrounded by water more than ten months after water was released from Lake Michigan into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A side view of the Bear Trap Dam shows water releasing from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal into the Des Plaines River.

A man and a woman pose for a picture at the bottom of the Bear Trap dam located at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport.

A view of the Bear Trap Dam, located at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport, shows a closed floodgate on the dam.

A worker stands in front of the partially completed floodgates at the Bear Trap Dam.

The John Tarn, a piece of dredging equipment, sits in the middle of a waterway during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Several men stand on "The John Tarn" which was used for dredging during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A blueprint created by Lindon W. Bates shows details of a hydraulic dredge used during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.