Physical features of the Des Plaines Valley . reeks which drain the bluffs were veritabletorrents, tearing away fences, bridges, and even stone walls; destroyinggardens and sweeping the debris into the Illinois-Michigan canal sofast that it was choked up and overflowed its banks. In this way thewest side of the town was flooded and the colored people driven fromtheir homes. The Barrows Lock company suffered damages of about$2,000. At Eomeo the quarries were filled to the brim, and the farmerslost crops and young stock. The Santa Fe tracks-were blocked until thefollowing evening, delaying the m
Physical features of the Des Plaines Valley . reeks which drain the bluffs were veritabletorrents, tearing away fences, bridges, and even stone walls; destroyinggardens and sweeping the debris into the Illinois-Michigan canal sofast that it was choked up and overflowed its banks. In this way thewest side of the town was flooded and the colored people driven fromtheir homes. The Barrows Lock company suffered damages of about$2,000. At Eomeo the quarries were filled to the brim, and the farmerslost crops and young stock. The Santa Fe tracks-were blocked until thefollowing evening, delaying the mails: There were two washouts on the Eock Island railway above Joliet, onHickory creek. At New Lennox, bridges and culverts were damaged tothe extent of $1,500. At a washout on the track just east of the depotthe night train on the Eock Island barely escaped a wreck. The floo(of 1902, the highest for many years, was quite abnormal, occurring, a;it did, in June, in response to a local cloud-burst. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. BULL. NO. 11, PL. * Bi. - ^HBfll^ ^ ^^H^^^^^l ^ - Effects of a Recent Flood on Hickory Creek. GOLDTHWAIT.] FLOODS ON THE DES PLAINES. 98 A more typical flood took place on January 19, 1907, wlien, during atemporary thaw and rain, Hickory creek overflowed its banks throughthe city and the water on the Des Plaines rose within a few inches ofthe top of the embankment. Weak points on the retaining wall above theEconomy plant were hastily reinforced, and the dam at the controllingworks was raised to lessen the flow. Brooklyn was again under water;cellars were flooded, furnace fires extinguished, and fuel rendered use-less. The storm was accom})anied by high winds that wrecked the houseswhere foundations had been loosened by the floods. Furniture andpersonal property was hurriedly moved to places of safety. The climaxof the flood was reached about 8 p. m., when a cold, wave bc^gan to checkthe discharge. The waters slowly fell as the little headwaters and side-slo
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