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Construction containers travel on wires between several derricks over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal construction site.

Several workers load debris containers while a steam shovel digs nearby.

A wide view shows a canal located near the Illinois Dredging Company office, including a barge, a small ship, and additional equipment used during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal continues during the winter.

A large cantilever conveyor crane stands on top of a wall while moving earth excavated during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Two cantilever conveyor cranes on the stand on the side of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal as construction workers fill containers with debris.

A worker stands near a large hole in the side of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal which was the result of a dynamite blast while other workers labor at a location nearby.

Cranes hoist excavated earth 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.

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

Two large cantilever conveyor cranes remove excavated earth from the empty Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Large piles of rock stand along a section of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal post-construction.

Smoke fills the sky over a section of the empty Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal post-construction.

A large cantilever conveyor crane removes excavated earth from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

An aerial view taken from atop a cantilever conveyor crane during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal shows the construction site and surrounding land.

A 500 pound dynamite blast goes off during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction workers use a crane to lift and place large stone blocks in a retaining wall.

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

A landscape view shows construction taking place on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A wide view of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal shows the progression of construction on the retaining wall.

Construction workers clear material around a conveyor system that is part of a large cantilever conveyor crane, which is being used to move earth excavated during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Construction workers labor in the bed of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Three men stand and survey the progress of the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A large cantilever conveyor crane moves earth excavated during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Three cantilever conveyor cranes stand above a construction site on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.