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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.

A view of the Bear Trap Dam shows a floodgate.

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.

Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago pose for a group photo at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport. The Bear Trap Dam is visible in the background on the left.

Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago pose for a group photo atop the Bear Trap Dam located at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport.

An aerial view shows the Bear Trap Dam located at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport.

An aerial view shows the Bear Trap Dam in operation. Photo caption: "1586-15 1-20-1900 Bear Trap Dam in operation. Depth of water at crest of Dam 2 ft."

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

Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago pose for a group photo on a bridge located at the base of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport.

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

A view from the bottom of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal shows two bridges on the day that water began to fill the canal.

A Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal bridge stands over a full waterway.

A truss bridge spans a section of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A truss bridge extends across the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near "The Great Two Mile Curve" at Romeoville.

A view of the Lockport Road Bridge taken from a car's viewpoint highlights the bridge's 645 foot and three inch length.

A train passes over a bridge that extends across 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.

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.