Joliet Urges Action On Deep Waterway Terminal Need
The piece highlights Roy Shackleton and John H. Walter as Joliet engineers guiding canals and locks for the Deep Waterway project. It urges the Joliet Industrial Foundation to organize to prepare for waterway traffic, warning that neglect could lose trade to rivals. It cites Congressman Hull and warns against complacency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Peoria
George
Juliet
Joliet
Babylon
Belshazzar
Engineers Drive on Lakes to Gulf Waterway Progress
Philip Frederick has nine years in Lakes to Gulf construction and seven years as assistant superintendent under Roy Shackleton. He aided at Marseilles Brandon Road and the Lockport locks, and supervised repairs north of the power house. Fred Hendershot, UM graduate Civil Engineer 1919, joined Green and Sons in 1927 after state service on lock design. he belongs to ASCE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep Waterway
Roy Shackleton
Western Avenue
Green and Sons Contractors
Roy
Marseilles
Lockport
Brandon Road
Joliet
van Buren Street
Joliet Aircraft Corporation
North Western Union Life Insurance Company of
Ottawa
Rotary Club
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Purdue University
Gulf Deep Waterway
Philip Frederick
Frederick
Desplaines River
Fred Hendershot
University of Michigan
Green and Sons
Hendershot
Illinois
American Society of Civil Engineers
Joliet Growth Driven by Transport Links and Rail Network
Joliet’s rapid growth hinges on superior transportation facilities. The city sits in the Chicago freight rate zone and was a terminus for the first western steam road, the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific, with initial passenger service in 1852. Subsequent lines like the Elgin Joliet & Eastern connect directly to Chicago, giving Joliet a strategic rail position as deep waterway developments advance.
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Joliet
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
I. Joliet
Elgin
Walker to Oversee Joliet Scherzer Lift Bridges
John H. Walker, division engineer for Illinois, directs field work and construction of five Scherzer rolling lift bridges in Joliet. Bridges will clear 16.5 feet above the new pool and span 150 feet. Walker supervises the state field office at Washington and Desplaines streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Walker
of Illinois
Mr. Walker
Western Society of Engineers
Scherzer
Joliet
Washington and
Desplaines Streets
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Gulf
John H. Walter
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Walter
Anderson Photo
Meeker
Merchant Police
E. Jefferson
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