Sunday Morning July 22, 2012 ride on the Hennepin Canal

We drove down to the park office restrooms and parked, it was sprinkling on and off and we decided to head out any way. We rode 10.3  miles to bridge # 7 where we turned around and headed back to the park office where we parked the car.

Be sure to double click on the pictures to enlarge them to see the details

Bridge #7 our turn around point 

Lock 14 looking east to bridge 7

Lock 14 looking west

Lock 15 looking east

Lock 15 Spillway where the gates used to be

Lock 15 looking west to lock 16

Lock 16 Miter Gates

Lock 16 

Lock 16 upper gate, unique design, this gate has a horizontal pivot axis. 

The top of the gate pivots down rather than swinging open.

It was designed by the Chief Engineer for the canal, William Marshall.

 East end of Lock 17 with Bridge 9 in the distance

  

 Roller system to move Bridge 9A from across the Lock 17

Aqueduct 3 which carries the canal over the West Bureau Creek

Looking south from Aqueduct 3 at the West Bureau Creek

  

 East end of Lock 18

       
                                       

West or Upper end of Lock 18

Bridge 10A open truss design moved here from down by Tiskilwa to preserve it

Lock 19 with Bridge 10  in the background

Lock 19

Lock 19 with Roman Numerals to show water depth

Rail Road Bridge #3

Lily pad pond under Rail Road Bridge #3 and to the east of here

Lock 20 as seen from the east

 Lock 20 looking east

                                                                  Lock 20 Spillway

  

Lock 21 from the east, lift bridge is visible

Lock 21 looking east, lift bridge at the east end

Lock 21 looking west

Barge Dry Dock just west of Lock 21

Coming up on Bridge 11 from the east, this is the spot on the canal where we used to swim when I was a kid..

Just west of Bridge 11 the Fish Hatchery Pond

East side of Bridge 12

Coming up to the east side of Bridge 13 which is very overgrown

West of Bridge 13

Looking east on Bridge 14

Looking west on Bridge 14

 Rail Road Bridge 4 with Route 40 Bridge 14A in the background

Bridge 14A Illinois Route 40

Last bridge on this days ride Bridge 15

The Rest Rooms at the Picnic area near the Visitors Center where we started