On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> >
> >On the way home, we stopped in Seneca, IL just before sunset so I could
> get
> >a photo of the M. J. Hogan grain elevator, one of the oldest original
> >structures along the I&M. It was opened in 1862, and is still standing.
> >Back in its heyday, it could move 750,000 bushels of grain in a season.
> >
>
> <<SNIP>>
>
> That restored section looks like it would be an ideal cycling tour
Actually, except for parts that got washed out in the major storms we had
last April, you can ride the whole towpath from Joliet, IL to LaSalle. It's
been designated a heritage corridor. Sadly, the DNR doesn't seem to be in
any hurry to repair the aqueduct that was damaged in the flooding, so that
whole section of the canal is now dry.
--
Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach
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