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A man stands on a mule-drawn shuttle car full of rocks and earth.

A map shows the main drainage channel from Chicago to Joliet.

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.

Two officers stand next to a "Drainage Canal Stove."

Passengers stand on the deck of the Sanitary District's ship "Juliet," the first craft to navigate the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The Bear Trap Dam is visible in the background.

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.

Photo caption: "Some of Ye Oldest Inhabitants along the Drainage. According to Dr. O. C. Farringdon, Field Columbian Museum, they are 41 Million Years Old!!!"

Two women pose for a photograph standing in front of the spoil banks created by the digging of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A view of the spoil banks, called the "Sierra Mountains," shows several piles of earth created by the digging of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

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.

A contractor's camp labeled "A summer resort" stands on the edge of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

An interior view shows the workers' dining hall set up for mealtime.

An interior view shows the sleeping quarters for workers on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.