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Channahon I and M Canal locks village
Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Village at the Illinois and Michigan Canal locks where the DuPage River crosses the line, busy with boat crews from 1848 to the 1890s; lock-keeper lots and village backlots hold canal-era refuse.
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