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	Illinois Waterway. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Illinois Waterway, 336 mi/541 km long, linking L. Michigan with the Mississippi R., N Ill. An important part of the waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico.
		The Illinois Waterway extends from the mouth of the Chicago R., on L. Michigan, following the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, the lower Des Plaines R., and the Illinois R. to the Mississippi at Grafton.
		The Calumet channels branch SE from the waterway and link it with the Calumet industrial region along the Ill.-Ind. state line.
	www.bartleby.com /69/51/I00751.html (165 words)

	TWGL: Illinois Waterway Information
		The Waterway is not a completely natural river system but rather a combination of rivers, locks, canals and mans ability to reverse the course of the Chicago River.
		I salute the boaters of the Illinois Waterway, stout boaters all.
		Illinois River Trivia: The heaviest traffic season is in August with tows of wheat barges.
	lists.samurai.com /pipermail/great-loop/2004-April/003933.html (1662 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Illinois Waterway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		ILLINOIS WATERWAY [Illinois Waterway] 336 mi (541 km) long, linking Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River, N Ill.; an important part of the waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico.
		Glyphosate effects on ground cover of tall fescue waterways and estimated soil erosion.
		River residences; Once regarded as a commercial waterway, the Chicago River is increasingly seen as a desirable asset to homebuyers on the North and South branches, as well as downtown.(Real Estate)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/IllinW1.asp (246 words)

	Illinois River
		This waterway consists of the Illinois River, Upper Illinois Waterway (canal), Des Plaines River, and Chicago River.
		The Illinois River runs northeast to southwest toward the Mississippi, the Des Plaines River runs west to east toward Lake Michigan, and the Upper Illinois Waterway connects these two rivers.
		As it connects America's second city to the Gulf of Mexico, the Illinois Waterway is subject to significant volumes of commercial traffic.
	members.aol.com /americacruising/illinois.html (273 words)

	IDNR, Office of Water Resources, Office of the Director, History and Directors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Sackett's loyalty and untiring devotion to waterways and the State's interest and duty to the people in protecting public waters from encroachment and pollution, and in furthering the development and early completion of the Illinois Waterway won for him the admiration and respect of all factions.
		In past times, the streams of Illinois were used mainly as sources of water supply for man or beast and as highways of transportation and communication but by 1916 the Illinois and Michigan Canal had very little traffic at all due to inadequate ability of the Illinois Waterway to haul freight competitively.
		Some of the authority formerly vested in the Illinois Waterway Commission was assigned to the newly created Department to enable the design and construction of the Illinois Waterway, with the provision that its powers become void upon completion of the project.
	dnr.state.il.us /owr/OWR_officeofdirector-History.htm (1154 words)

	Illinois Waterway
		Illinois, river, United States - Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee...
		Illinois, state, United States: Geography - Geography The broad level lands that gave Illinois the nickname Prairie State were fashioned by...
		River residences; Once regarded as a commercial waterway, the Chicago River is increasingly seen as a desirable asset to homebuyers......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0824987.html (280 words)

	Andrew Stewart Hyman's Thesis
		Figure 3.1, using data from Table 3.1, and the aforementioned apportionment of costs, breaks down the costs borne by both the waterways users and the General Fund of the Treasury for 1992, the year used in the case study of privatization.
		Illinois Waterway users pay into the fuel tax, regardless whether t he funds are used on their waterway.
		Waterway transport was highly unreliable, depending on the whims of river levels, and the wandering nature of river banks.
	www.prairienet.org /~teva/illinois.html (9911 words)

	Illinois Waterway \| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, Illinois
		In their dugout canoes, they traveled the Illinois for commerce, trapping the numerous beaver on its shores and migrating from summer to winter settlements.
		The Illinois was used as a commercial route whereby these pelts were started on their way to becoming hats, coats, and vests in Europe.
		The transportation problem of the prairie farmer was solved with the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.
	www.mvr.usace.army.mil /Brochures/IllinoisWaterway.asp (1487 words)

	Wildernet - Illinois Waterway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Description - Illinois Waterway is 336 mi (541 km) long, linking Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River, an important part of the waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico.
		Attractions - Illinois Waterway Visitor Center- Offers a view into the complex opperations of a lock and dam system, as well as impressive towboats of mammoth proportions navigating through the Starved Rock Lock, which is one of eight on the Illinois Waterway.
		Displays cover the waterway from the Illinois and Michigan Canal to today's modern lock and dam structures.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=US0421&CU_ID=1 (425 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Illinois Waterway, Joliet, IL
		This rule is being promulgated without an NPRM due to the short time frame allowed between the submission of the request by the Illinois Department of Transportation to temporarily change the regulations governing the drawbridges on the Illinois Waterway at Joliet, Illinois and the start date of repairs to the Ruby Street Bridge.
		As [[Page 67109]] a result, the Illinois Department of Transportation requested a temporary change to the current regulations for the remaining four bascule leaf drawbridges within the City of Joliet that carry vehicular traffic across the Illinois Waterway.
		Navigation on the waterway consists primarily of commercial tows and recreational watercraft.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/November/Day-04/i27994.htm (1723 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Illinois Waterway, Illinois
		Background and Purpose On February 21, 2001 the Jefferson Street Bridge, mile 287.9, Illinois Waterway in Joliet, Illinois was struck and seriously damaged by a vessel.
		The temporary rule was requested by the Illinois Department of Transportation in order to accommodate the additional vehicular traffic that has been diverted to the four remaining operable bridges.
		Presently, the draws of all Illinois Waterway bridges within Joliet open on signal for passage of river traffic, except that they need not open from 7:30 a.m.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2001/May/Day-15/i12115.htm (1467 words)

	Merchants Exchange of St. Louis
		That the Commission designate the MESL as a contract market in Illinois Waterway Barge Freight futures and St. Louis Harbor Barge Freight futures and approve proposed rules 901A through 907A for the Illinois Waterway futures contract and 901B through 907B with respect to the St. Louis Harbor futures contract.
		Acceptable. St. Louis Harbor and the Illinois Waterway serve as important grain shipping points, as well as barge fleeting locations and pricing points for barge freight. The lower Mississippi River is the primary destination for grain shipped from these locations for export.
		The par delivery area is the Illinois Waterway between the Marseilles Lock and Chillicothe, Illinois, corresponding to a tariff benchmark of $5.07 per ton. Non-par locations are deliverable at adjustments based on the benchmark tariffs for those locations relative to the par location.
	www.cftc.gov /dea/analysis/deabarge.htm (1262 words)

	Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers — Recommendations for Navigation Improvements and Ecosystem Restoration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Illinois Waterway extends from the mouth of the Chicago River, on Lake Michigan, to the Mississippi at Grafton, Illinois.
		Two subsequent reconnaissance studies (one for each stem, completed in 1991) concluded that major capital improvements for both the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway would be needed to address current and future navigation needs and the Corps began a feasibility study for these improvements.
		However, this engineering feat is not without its challenges, as the migration of pollution from the city of Chicago downstream to the Illinois Waterway at one point in history eradicated most native plants and animals for more than 100 miles of river.
	www.house.gov /transportation/water/06-24-04/06-24-04memo.html (2378 words)

	Great Lakes Cruising Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Illinois Waterway Runs from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River.
		To address the smell in the northern section of the Waterway if you have ever opened your shower sump to clean the filter, un-stick the float or change the pump itself that's the smell.
		A lot of "ifs." These are the "rules" for the Illinois Waterway, locking rules change with each Corp of Engineers District.
	www.glcclub.com /lifeline/02jan/illinois.htm (1611 words)

	Welcome To eParks - America's National Parks Store
		At the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center, you can see commercial and recreational boats locking through Starved Rock Lock, while exhibits and a theater explaining the history of this type of navigation system.
		Illinois Waterway is administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
		The Illinois Waterway is the connecting link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River, and is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
	www.eparks.com /eparks/park_entrance.asp?park=911 (383 words)

	10/5/1999~INTERAGENCY CREW TO MONITOR ROUND GOBY IN THE ILLINOIS WATERWAY
		The Illinois Waterway System in the Chicago area consists of several interconnecting channels and natural rivers that provide a direct link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basins.
		The Illinois Waterway System currently provides an easy avenue for nonindigenous species to travel in either direction between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basins.
		The zebra mussel is one of the most recent invaders to spread from the Great Lakes into the Illinois and Mississippi rivers via this pathway, and the round goby is currently poised to follow the same route.
	news.fws.gov /newsreleases/R3/F41A0ADA-C574-11D4-A17B009027B6B5D3.html (755 words)

	Illinois Waterway Visitor Center and Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		They can be purchased by contacting me. If you use these materials to plan a trip, let me know how it went.
		This Waterway Park and its working lock provides a great place to observe and/or get information on just how the locks work as well as find materials on the history of river travel in the area over the last 100 years.
		These barges must go through the many locks on the Illinois River inorder to get past the dams as they carry their cargo up and down the river.
	www.iit.edu /~travel/iww.html (304 words)

	Illinois Waterway Visitors Center
		Description: Located at the Starved Rock Lock & Dam, the Illinois Waterway Visitors Center is owned and operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
		The Corps maintains the lock and dam system along the entire Illinois Waterway from Lake Michigan to Grafton, IL where the Illinois River empties into the Mississippi River.
		The visitors center interprets the building and maintenance of this system, as well as the history of water transportation in Illinois, beginning with the Native American canoe and ending with modern transportation.
	www.fermatainc.com /il/site_78.html (189 words)

	Illinois Waterway Visitor Center
		The Illinois Waterway Visitor Center provides information about the Illinois River environment.
		Through exhibits and a theater, the visitor center interprets building and maintaining the Illinois Waterway system and the history of water transportation in Illinois.
		Beginning with the Native American canoe, exhibits highlight the flatboat, canal boat, and steamboat eras, and conclude with modern transportation.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/58611/places/59199 (147 words)

	AllRefer.com - Illinois Waterway, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Illinois Waterway, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Illinois Waterway, 336 mi (541 km) long, linking Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River, N Ill.; an important part of the waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Illinois Waterway
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/I/IllinW.html (165 words)

	Find in a Library: Illinois Waterway navigation charts : from Mississippi River at Grafton, Illinois to Lake Michigan ...
		Find in a Library: Illinois Waterway navigation charts : from Mississippi River at Grafton, Illinois to Lake Michigan at Chicago and Calumet harbors
		Illinois Waterway navigation charts : from Mississippi River at Grafton, Illinois to Lake Michigan at Chicago and Calumet harbors
		Subjects: Nautical charts -- Illinois -- Illinois Waterway.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/aff8bb35cee2c66aa19afeb4da09e526.html (115 words)

	Recreation.gov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Illinois Waterway Visitor Center offers you that as well as impressive towboats of mammoth proportions navigating through the Starved Rock Lock, which is one of eight on the Illinois Waterway.
		The visitor center is open 7 days a week with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
		The Visitor Center is located at Starved Rock Lock & Dam on the Illinois River between Ottawa and Utica.
	www.recreation.gov /detail.cfm?ID=2035 (154 words)

	Miss. River-Illinois Waterway Hearing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		For the last 15 years, the Corps has been involved in studying the navigation needs of the UMR-IWW at a cost of more than $70 million, nearly half of which has been for environmental studies.
		Some critics of the project have found fault with the Corps’ economic models and claim that the project is not economically justified.
		“For inland waterway construction, half of the cost is funded by taxes paid by barge operators and deposited into the Inland Waterways Trust Fund.
	www.house.gov /transportation/press/press2004/release79.html (926 words)

	ITCS Memo# 1488 - Low Water Conditions On Illinois Waterway
		Due to low water conditions and the resent number of groundings on the Illinois River, the COTP St. Louis along with the Illinois River Carries Association issue the following information broadcast:
		Vessels grounding in the Illinois Waterway and unable to immediately refloat their tow should break the tow apart to minimize the degradation of the navigable channel.
		Extreme caution should be taken when required to move from the center of the channel while meeting other tows.
	www.ribb.com /itcs/1488.html (180 words)

	Eagle Watching on the Illinois River at Starved Rock
		Forty-five eagles were counted from the viewing balcony of the visitor center on Sunday morning, Jan. 23, 2005.
		The Illinois Raptor Center presented three free birds of prey programs each day.
		The Illinois Waterway Visitor Center is located on Dee Bennett Road, across the Illinois River from Starved Rock State Park.
	www.illinoisraptorcenter.org /eagle.html (271 words)

	Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway Nav. Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		His report has gone to the Secretary of the Army for review and submission to Congress.
		Institutional arrangements involving both economic and environmental interests can ensure sustainable operation and maintenance of the waterway system.
		There is a potential for combining engineering, design and construction activities with new lock and fish passage at LandD 22.
	www.hq.usace.army.mil /cepa/releases/uppermissrpt.htm (492 words)

	Illinois Waterway - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary
		Illinois Waterway - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary
		A system of rivers and canals of northern and western Illinois, linking Chicago and Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River.
		It includes the Chicago, Des Plaines, and Illinois rivers.
	www.yourdictionary.com /ahd/i/i0036000.html (48 words)

	Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
		Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #6524897 - Bioassays on Illinois waterway dredged material.
		Availability information may be found in the Availability, Publisher, Research Organization, Resource Relation and/or Author (affiliation information) fields and/or via the "Full-text Availability" link.
		Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (United States).
	www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=6524897 (149 words)

	Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		about Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway Study
		- The U. Army's Chief of Engineers, Lieutenant General Carl A. Strock, will discuss his Chief of Engineers report about ecosystem restoration and navigation efficiency improvements to the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers during a call-in media availability at 3 p.m.
		The report contains the Chief recommendations of the Chief of Engineers to the Administration and Congress.
	www.hq.usace.army.mil /cepa/releases/uppermissma.html (127 words)

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