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![Locktender's House on the Illinois and Michigan Canal](../../../../../../../../../figures.boundless-cdn.com/16266/full/der-house-ausable-aqueduct.jpeg)
Locktender's House on the Illinois and Michigan Canal
Lock No. 8 and Locktender's House, Illinois and Michigan Canal just west of Aux Sable Creek, near Morris, Illinois. The Illinois and Michigan Canal was an important canal in the nineteenth century, but was rendered obsolete when new railroads replaced it.
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