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

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

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

Workers line up outside the camp office to receive their checks on pay day.

Several construction workers stand in a group around two people "shooting craps" outside an unidentified building.

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.

Two women pose for a photograph standing in front of the spoil banks created by the digging of 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!!!"

A steamboat and sailboat navigate a waterway through an industrial shipyard, likely the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A group of industrial buildings sits along the edge of a waterway.

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

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.

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

Two rifles lean against a desk inside the Chicago Sanitary District Police Station in Romeoville.

Several officers pose outside the Sanitary District Police Station in Romeoville.

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

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

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

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

A landscape view shows a creek bending to the left.

A man poses with two dogs near a stream and bridge in a wooded area.

A dirt road, identified as "Lover's Lane," passes through an alley of trees.

A small stone arch bridge stands over a creek in a wooded area.

An editorial cartoon demonstrates the need for the Chicago Drainage Canal through illustrations of water issues in Chicago during the late nineteenth century. The comic strip reads, left to right, top to bottom: reads: "Grinding it for coffee; Some…

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