Michigan Canal / Illinois Central Bridge / M. Canal / /
Holiday
Labor Day / /
IndustryTerm
steel plates / energy crunch / earth moving equipment / hand tools / steel patching process / heavy-duty equipment operator / local hotel / food / /
NaturalFeature
Chicago River / Illinois River / Little Vermilion River / Vermilion River / Great Lakes / Lake Michigan / /
Organization
Illinois Department of Transportation / Congress / Illinois Department of Conservation / Federal Government / Task Force committee / Gun Club / Rotary Club / Ironworkers Local / American Canal Society / Department of the Interior / Operating Engineers Local / Illinois Task Force Committee for the Illinois and Michigan Canal / /
Person
Ralph Fisher / Lou Mahnic / Gene Stevenson / Roy Kurkowski / John Mateika / Orlando Smith / John Kriegsman / Robert F. Whalen / Dan Walker / Bob Thornberry / /
Position
Governor / heavy-duty equipment operator / chairman / Coordinator / local blacksmith / welder and historian / /
ProvinceOrState
LaSalle County / Illinois / Mississippi / Michigan / /
“Illinois-Michigan Canal Restoration Under Way.” American Canals, no. 8, Bulletin of the American Canal Society, (Feb. 1974): 1. Illinois-Michigan Canal Restoration Under Way steamboat basin in Peru-LaSalle to Joliet