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A landscape view shows a small house along the left side of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Two cranes stand on the right side of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A view from an unidentified bridge shows a section of the partially filled Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A landscape view shows a section of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A view of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lemont shows the waterway four months after it was filled with water.

Mounds of excavated materials stand along the side of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal nearly three months after it was filled with water.

A view taken from the banks shows the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal nearly three months after it was filled with water.

A view taken from a bridge shows the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal nearly three months after it was filled with water.

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

A view shows a full Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal five months after construction completed.

A large truss structure stands on the banks of a partially filled Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Railroad tracks run through the construction site at the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

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

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

Construction workers stand in and along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal as a large cantilever conveyor crane moves excavated earth.

A side view shows a rock wall lining 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 truss bridge spans a section 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.

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

Large utility structures stand on the side of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

An aerial view shows "The Great Two Mile Curve," at Romeoville, ten months after the filling of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The location of a recently removed passenger bridge can be seen in the lower right corner of the photo.

A view shows houses along the far side of "The Great Two Mile Curve" at Romeoville prior to the filling of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A view shows the "The Great Two Mile Curve" at Romeoville, prior to the filling of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

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