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

An Illinois Dredging Company ship outfitted with dredging equipment sits in the middle of an unidentified waterway.

Workers load shuttle cars with material during the early phases of construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A landscape view shows a waterway lined with trees on the far side.

A shuttle car filled with excavated earth travels to the top of a large conveyor system while an empty car stands at the bottom during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Smokestacks emit smoke around the docks of the Illinois Dredging Company.

Construction workers use large pieces of machinery during the early phases of construction on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A machine loads excavated earth onto a railroad car during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Men stand next to a large conveyor system used to move shuttle cars full of earth excavated during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction workers use large equipment to load containers with debris during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Dredging equipment fixed on Illinois Dredging Company ships stands in the business's docks.

Several empty shuttle cars sit at the bottom of a large conveyor system used to move earth excavated during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Containers moving on wires between derricks travel over workers laboring in a debris field during construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Workers load rocks into carts on railroad tracks for transport during construction at the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Workers remove sections of broken-up rocks during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A container moves on a wire between two derricks. An inset photograph shows the container dumping excavated material while suspended mid-air.

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.

Workers attempt to clear an area during the early phases of construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Smoke billows from smokestacks on dredging equipment during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

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

Cranes stand behind the first retaining wall build on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A large cantilever conveyor crane, drops 1.75 tons of rock excavated during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal onto a pile.

A cantilever conveyor crane dumps 1.75 tons of rock onto a large pile during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction workers attach cables and load containers full of excavated earth during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.