Illinois Waterway
The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles of water from the mouth of the Chicago River to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. It is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals which provide a shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River. A series of seven locks control water flows from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River system. Primary shipped cargoes are coal to powerplants, chemicals and petroleum upstream and corn and soybeans downstream primarily for export through New Orleans.
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Location: Illinois River, Utica, Illinois, USA
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