
The Illinois and Mississippi Canal cuts a striking horizontal line across this Henry and Bureau County landscape, accompanied by its distinctive Feeder Basin and a network of drainage channels like the Bureau County Ditch. This 1920s survey captures a rural Illinois economy defined by the intersection of water engineering and rail transport, with the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroads serving the established towns of Annawan and Neponset.
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2 editions found
1899 · Clinton
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1921 · Buda
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1923 · Buda
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1931 · Galva
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1932 · Prophetstown
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1932 · Annawan
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1933 · Camp Grove
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1934 · Geneseo
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1936 · Prophetstown
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1940 · Galva
USGS Topo · 1:62,500