In 1848
In 1848
The Illinois and Michigan canal connected Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River. It was used to transport grain, lumber, and stone.
In 1848, the Illinois and Michigan Canal was built to connect the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan via the Illinois River near Peru, Illinois
The address of the Illinois And Michigan Canal Museum is: 803 S State St, Lockport, IL 60441-3433
In 1848
Food and clothings
Canal construction began in 1836 and finished in 1848,
Thee Wabash and Erie Canal was a shipping canal that linked the Great Lakes to the Ohio River via a man-made waterway. The canal provided traders with access from the Great Lakes all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Over 460 miles long, it was the longest canal ever built in North America. The Erie Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.
City of Lockport is located in Illinois US, about 30 miles from Chicago and touches the village of Lemont. It is situated along the Illinois and Michigan Canal.
Michigan, Wisconson, Illinois and Indiana touch Which_states_touch_Lake_MichiganMichigan.Read more: Which_states_touch_Lake_Michigan
Many of the immigrants that traveled the Erie Canal ended up in cities like Cleveland and Chicago. Some of the workers of the Erie Canal also worked on canals in Ohio and the Illinois Michigan canal near Chicago.