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Hennepin Canal Aqueduct #7
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 Geneseo Creek on Hennepin Canal
- Location
- Henry County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to canoe & pedestrian traffic
- History
- Built between 1892 - 1907
- Design
- Conctrete trough on concrete piers
- Also called
- Geneseo Creek Aqueduct
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.48123, -90.18159 (decimal degrees)
41°28'52" N, 90°10'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/735311/4596016 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Geneseo
- Inventory number
- BH 50012 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 3, 2011: Added by Steve Conro