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Hennepin Canal Aqueduct #3
Photos
Photo taken by Steve Conro in July 2012
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BH Photo #234814
Description
The Hennepin originally had nine aqueducts -- concrete troughs which carried the canal and its traffic across larger rivers and streams. Today, six remain the other three are replaced by pipes that carry the canal flow under the creek or river the aqueduct crossed over.
Facts
- Overview
- Hennepin Canal aqueduct over West Bureau Creek
- Location
- Bureau County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to pedestrian & canoe traffic
- History
- Built between 1892-1907
- Design
- Concrete trough on concrete piers
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.35031, -89.56755 (decimal degrees)
41°21'01" N, 89°34'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/285203/4580826 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Wyanet
- Inventory number
- BH 49974 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 8, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
- December 18, 2011: New photo from Steve Conro
- November 1, 2011: Added by Steve Conro