Old canal boats at Lockport, Illinois [on canal] – Historic Reproduction
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Old canal boats at Lockport, Illinois [on canal] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Old canal boats at Lockport, Illinois [on canal]
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Lockport, on the Illinois and Michigan Canal, is the setting here, and the picture shows the working boats that moved grain, coal, and freight along that waterway. The canal opened in 1848 to link Chicago with the Illinois River, and Lockport's stone locks were among the engineering features that let boats climb and descend the land between them. Boats of this kind were typically pulled by mules or horses walking the towpath, and the trade declined as railroads took over freight in the later nineteenth century. The caption card gives no date, so the view is best read as a glimpse of the canal in its working years.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,175 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139602 |
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