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Hennepin Canal Aqueduct #6
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Photo taken by Steve Conro in March 2012
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BH Photo #227598
Description
The Hennepin Canal 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
- Aqueduct over Spring Creek on Hennepin Canal 3 mi NW of Atkinson
- Location
- Henry County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to canoe & pedestrian traffic
- History
- Built between 1892 - 1907
- Design
- Concrete trough on concrete piers
- Also called
- Spring Creek Aqueduct
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.45420, -90.06245 (decimal degrees)
41°27'15" N, 90°03'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/745362/4593345 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Atkinson
- Inventory number
- BH 50011 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 3, 2011: Added by Steve Conro