Lockport Lock, Dam and Power House Historic District

Lockport Lock, Dam and Power House Historic District - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Lockport Powerhouse is a run-of-the-river dam used by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to control the outflow of the Sanitary and Ship Canal and limit the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Des Plaines River. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1910

Source: en.wikipedia.org