Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 32-mile-long canal system that connects the to the in Northeast Illinois, US.
  • Canal
  • Description: canal in Illinois, United States of America
  • Also known as
    “Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Historic District”
    “CSSC”
    “Sanitary and Ship Canal of Chicago”

Places of Interest

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Places in the Area

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Latitude
41.70503° or 41° 42′ 18″ north
Longitude
-87.93395° or 87° 56′ 2″ west
Open location code
86HJP348+2C
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal” goes by many names.
Chicago Sanitary and Ship CanalCatalan
Chicago Sanitary and Ship CanalCebuano
芝加哥环境卫生和航行运河Chinese
Chicago Sanitary and Ship CanalDutch
قناة شيكاجوEgyptian Arabic
תעלת התברואה והאוניות של שיקגוHebrew
תעלת התברואה והספינות של שיקגוHebrew
シカゴ・サニタリー・アンド・シップ運河Japanese
シカゴ衛生・船舶運河Japanese
シカゴ運河Japanese
시카고 운하Korean
Chicago Sanitary and Ship CanalNorwegian
Chicago Sanitary and Ship CanalNorwegian Bokmål
Чикагский санитарно-судовой каналRussian
Chicago Sanitary and Ship CanalSlovenian

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