What is Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal?
The '''Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal''', known as the '''Chicago Drainage Canal''', is a {{convert|28|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} canal system that connects the [[Chicago River]] to the [[Des Plaines River]]. It reverses the direction of the Main Stem and the South Branch of the Chicago River, which now flows out of [[Lake Michigan]] rather than into it. It provides the only navigation for ships between the [[Great Lakes Waterway]] and the [[Mississippi River]] system.<ref>{{cite web| publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers |title=Chicago Wastewater System |url=http://www.asce.org/People-and-Projects/Projects/Monuments-of-the-Millennium/Chicago-Wastewater-System/ |access-date=20 June 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115202919/http://www.asce.org/People-and-Projects/Projects/Monuments-of-the-Millennium/Chicago-Wastewater-System/ |archive-date=15 January 2012 }}</ref> The Canal was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in West Side Chicago|National Register of Historic Places]] on December 20, 2011.<ref>{{cite web| title=Announcement| url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20120113.htm| work=List for January 13, 2012| publisher=National Park Service| access-date=26 February 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-geo-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Geography of Chicago]]