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Copperas Creek dam and river transport debate stirs in Illinois
Keystone Steel & Wire urges removal of Copperas Creek locks to ease inland freight by water. A 681 mile all water pig iron haul from Sheffield, Alabama, to Peoria tested feasibility amid war demand and rail car shortages. The letter questions dam upkeep and advocates opening Chicago Gulf traffic via the Illinois River.
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Copperas Creek Dam
Keystone Steel and Wire Company
Secretary of War
Alabama
Peoria Star
Keystone
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Copperas Creek
Lowden
Peoria
Ill
Frank O. Lowden
Springfield
Sheffield
Ala
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Illinois
Enterprise
Lake Michigan
Illinois River
Copperas
Chicago
Gulf
Keystone Steel & Wire Co
Chas. W. LaPorte
Woodruff Inn
Joliet
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Ottawa Hotel
Ottawa
Kaskaskia
LaSalle
Peru
Henry and
Lacon
Dunne
Illinois Valley
United States
Starved Rock State Park
Summit
Willow Springs Lemont
Lockport
Desplaines River
Will
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Marseilles
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Board of Supervisors of
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