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IN OTTOWA, THERE IS A PLACE WHERE VISITORS CAN REVIEW THE HISTORY OF RIVER
A PLACE WHERE VISITORS CAN REVIEW THE HISTORY OF RIVER TRAFFIC, VIEW EAGLES, AND WATCH
REVIEW THE HISTORY OF RIVER TRAFFIC, VIEW EAGLES, AND WATCH BARGES.
TRAFFIC, VIEW EAGLES, AND WATCH BARGES. AS WE DISCOVERED AT THE ILLINOIS
BARGES. AS WE DISCOVERED AT THE ILLINOIS WATERWAY VISITOR CENTER.
AS WE DISCOVERED AT THE ILLINOIS WATERWAY VISITOR CENTER. RIVER BOATS WERE ONLY ABLE TO
WATERWAY VISITOR CENTER. RIVER BOATS WERE ONLY ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO LASALLE.
RIVER BOATS WERE ONLY ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO LASALLE. FROM THAT POINT, THEY'D HAVE TO
MAKE IT INTO LASALLE. FROM THAT POINT, THEY'D HAVE TO TAKE THE CARGO OFF THE RIVERTON
FROM THAT POINT, THEY'D HAVE TO TAKE THE CARGO OFF THE RIVERTON RIVERBOAT AND PUT IT ON A CANAL
TAKE THE CARGO OFF THE RIVERTON RIVERBOAT AND PUT IT ON A CANAL BOAT AND TRAVEL UP TO CHICAGO
RIVERBOAT AND PUT IT ON A CANAL BOAT AND TRAVEL UP TO CHICAGO THAT WAY.
BOAT AND TRAVEL UP TO CHICAGO THAT WAY. THERE WAS NO CONNECTION FROM
THAT WAY. THERE WAS NO CONNECTION FROM LASALLE AREA UP TO CHICAGO.
THERE WAS NO CONNECTION FROM LASALLE AREA UP TO CHICAGO. THE LOCK WAS STARTED IN MID 19
LASALLE AREA UP TO CHICAGO. THE LOCK WAS STARTED IN MID 19 20'S AND FINISHED IN 1933.
THE LOCK WAS STARTED IN MID 19 20'S AND FINISHED IN 1933. WHEN THE LOCK WAS ORNLLY
20'S AND FINISHED IN 1933. WHEN THE LOCK WAS ORNLLY CONSTRUCTED, IT WAS DESIGNED TO
WHEN THE LOCK WAS ORNLLY CONSTRUCTED, IT WAS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE ONE TOWBOAT AND
CONSTRUCTED, IT WAS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE ONE TOWBOAT AND MAXIMUM NUMBER OF BARGE THEY
ACCOMMODATE ONE TOWBOAT AND MAXIMUM NUMBER OF BARGE THEY COULD PUSH AT THAT TIME WHICH
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF BARGE THEY COULD PUSH AT THAT TIME WHICH WAS EIGHT.
COULD PUSH AT THAT TIME WHICH WAS EIGHT. NOW WITH THE INCREASE OF BIGGER
WAS EIGHT. NOW WITH THE INCREASE OF BIGGER BOATS, MORE HORSEPOWER WE HAVE
NOW WITH THE INCREASE OF BIGGER BOATS, MORE HORSEPOWER WE HAVE TO DO DOUBLE LOCKAGES.
BOATS, MORE HORSEPOWER WE HAVE TO DO DOUBLE LOCKAGES. WE HAVE TO TAKE THE FIRST
TO DO DOUBLE LOCKAGES. WE HAVE TO TAKE THE FIRST SECTION OF BARGES THROUGH AND
WE HAVE TO TAKE THE FIRST SECTION OF BARGES THROUGH AND COME BACK AND GET THE SECOND
SECTION OF BARGES THROUGH AND COME BACK AND GET THE SECOND SET.
COME BACK AND GET THE SECOND SET. ONE BARGE WILL CARRY EQUIVALENT
SET. ONE BARGE WILL CARRY EQUIVALENT OF 58 TRUCKLOADS.
ONE BARGE WILL CARRY EQUIVALENT OF 58 TRUCKLOADS. WE HAD 15 BARGES, EQUIVALENT OF
OF 58 TRUCKLOADS. WE HAD 15 BARGES, EQUIVALENT OF 870 TRUCKLOADS OUT ON THE
WE HAD 15 BARGES, EQUIVALENT OF 870 TRUCKLOADS OUT ON THE INTERSTATE OR 22,500 TONS.
HERE AT STARVED ROCK WE HAVE A DROP OF USUALLY AROUND TEN TO TWELVE FEET.
ON THE LOWER SECTION OF THE RIVER HERE, THEY ARE LIMITED TO 15 BARGES WITH THE TOE,
RIVER HERE, THEY ARE LIMITED TO 15 BARGES WITH THE TOE, PRIMARILILY DUE TO SOME CURVES
15 BARGES WITH THE TOE, PRIMARILILY DUE TO SOME CURVES ON THE RIVER.
PRIMARILILY DUE TO SOME CURVES ON THE RIVER. THERE ARE EIGHT ALONG THE
ON THE RIVER. THERE ARE EIGHT ALONG THE ILLINOIS WATERWAY, EIGHT LOCKS
THERE ARE EIGHT ALONG THE ILLINOIS WATERWAY, EIGHT LOCKS BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO.
ILLINOIS WATERWAY, EIGHT LOCKS BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO. NORMAL TRAVEL TIME FOR TOWBOAT
BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO. NORMAL TRAVEL TIME FOR TOWBOAT FROM CHICAGO TO ST. LOUIS IS
NORMAL TRAVEL TIME FOR TOWBOAT FROM CHICAGO TO ST. LOUIS IS ABOUT A WEEK.
ANY BOAT THAT COMES ALONG IS THE SAME AS A TOWBOAT, THEY COME IN, WE PREFER THEY RADIO IN AND TELL
SAME AS A TOWBOAT, THEY COME IN, WE PREFER THEY RADIO IN AND TELL US THEY ARE COMING, WE WILL OPEN
WE PREFER THEY RADIO IN AND TELL US THEY ARE COMING, WE WILL OPEN THE LOWER GATES, BRING THEM IN,
US THEY ARE COMING, WE WILL OPEN THE LOWER GATES, BRING THEM IN, CLOSE THE DATES BEHIND THEM AND
THE LOWER GATES, BRING THEM IN, CLOSE THE DATES BEHIND THEM AND RAISE THE WATER LEVEL UP.
CLOSE THE DATES BEHIND THEM AND RAISE THE WATER LEVEL UP. THE WATER LEVEL IS THE SAME AS
RAISE THE WATER LEVEL UP. THE WATER LEVEL IS THE SAME AS ABOVE THE LOCK, WE WILL OPEN UP
THE WATER LEVEL IS THE SAME AS ABOVE THE LOCK, WE WILL OPEN UP THE GATES AND LET THEM ON THEIR
ABOVE THE LOCK, WE WILL OPEN UP THE GATES AND LET THEM ON THEIR WAY.
WE HAVE DISPLAY AREA HERE BASICALLY TRACES THE HISTORY OF THE USE OF OUR WATERWAY FROM THE
BASICALLY TRACES THE HISTORY OF THE USE OF OUR WATERWAY FROM THE BASE OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS TO
THE USE OF OUR WATERWAY FROM THE BASE OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS TO THE PRESENT.
BASE OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS TO THE PRESENT. WE DO HAVE A VIEW WHERE YOU CAN
THE PRESENT. WE DO HAVE A VIEW WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY WATCH BOATS COME
WE DO HAVE A VIEW WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY WATCH BOATS COME THROUGH THE LOCK.
ACTUALLY WATCH BOATS COME THROUGH THE LOCK. OUR SHOW PIECE IS PILOT HOUSE ON
THROUGH THE LOCK. OUR SHOW PIECE IS PILOT HOUSE ON OLD RIVER TOWBOAT.
OUR SHOW PIECE IS PILOT HOUSE ON OLD RIVER TOWBOAT. IT WAS ORIGINALLY THE JEAN
OLD RIVER TOWBOAT. IT WAS ORIGINALLY THE JEAN MARIE, THE NAME OF THE BOAT
IT WAS ORIGINALLY THE JEAN MARIE, THE NAME OF THE BOAT WHICH CHANGED JOHN M WARNER.
MARIE, THE NAME OF THE BOAT WHICH CHANGED JOHN M WARNER. IT WAS BUILT IN 1943, OPERATED
WHICH CHANGED JOHN M WARNER. IT WAS BUILT IN 1943, OPERATED ON THE RIVER UNTIL 1982 WHEN IT
IT WAS BUILT IN 1943, OPERATED ON THE RIVER UNTIL 1982 WHEN IT WAS SUNK.
ON THE RIVER UNTIL 1982 WHEN IT WAS SUNK. THE JOHN M WARNER WAS ONE OF THE
WAS SUNK. THE JOHN M WARNER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BOATS WITH A RETRACTABLE
THE JOHN M WARNER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BOATS WITH A RETRACTABLE PILOT HOUSE.
FIRST BOATS WITH A RETRACTABLE PILOT HOUSE. SO THE PILOT CAN BE UP HIGH AND
PILOT HOUSE. SO THE PILOT CAN BE UP HIGH AND GET THE VISIBILITY OVER THE
SO THE PILOT CAN BE UP HIGH AND GET THE VISIBILITY OVER THE STRING OF BARGES HE NEEDS.
GET THE VISIBILITY OVER THE STRING OF BARGES HE NEEDS. THEN THEY CAN ALSO DUCK THE
STRING OF BARGES HE NEEDS. THEN THEY CAN ALSO DUCK THE PILOT HOUSE DOWN AND GET
THEN THEY CAN ALSO DUCK THE PILOT HOUSE DOWN AND GET UNDERNEATH THE LOW BRIDGES THAT
PILOT HOUSE DOWN AND GET UNDERNEATH THE LOW BRIDGES THAT ARE UP IN THE CHICAGO AREA OF WE
UNDERNEATH THE LOW BRIDGES THAT ARE UP IN THE CHICAGO AREA OF WE HAVE A DIVER'S PUMP ACTUALLY
ARE UP IN THE CHICAGO AREA OF WE HAVE A DIVER'S PUMP ACTUALLY USED ON THIS WATERWAY WHEN THEY
HAVE A DIVER'S PUMP ACTUALLY USED ON THIS WATERWAY WHEN THEY DID THE EARLY CLEARING AND
USED ON THIS WATERWAY WHEN THEY DID THE EARLY CLEARING AND CONSTRUCTION ON THE LOCK AND
DID THE EARLY CLEARING AND CONSTRUCTION ON THE LOCK AND DAMS.
CONSTRUCTION ON THE LOCK AND DAMS. IT WAS ABLE TO POWER TWO DIVERS
DAMS. IT WAS ABLE TO POWER TWO DIVERS WITH AIR UNDER THE WATER, AND IT
IT WAS ABLE TO POWER TWO DIVERS WITH AIR UNDER THE WATER, AND IT TOOK A TEAM OF FIVE PEOPLE TO
WITH AIR UNDER THE WATER, AND IT TOOK A TEAM OF FIVE PEOPLE TO OPERATE THE PUMP ITSELF.
TOOK A TEAM OF FIVE PEOPLE TO OPERATE THE PUMP ITSELF. TWO TURNING, ONE RESTING AND ONE
OPERATE THE PUMP ITSELF. TWO TURNING, ONE RESTING AND ONE SUPERVISE OG.
TWO TURNING, ONE RESTING AND ONE SUPERVISE OG. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A COMPLETE
SUPERVISE OG. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A COMPLETE DIVING SUIT, INCLUDING THE
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A COMPLETE DIVING SUIT, INCLUDING THE HELMET AND THE CANVAS SUIT THAT
DIVING SUIT, INCLUDING THE HELMET AND THE CANVAS SUIT THAT THEY USED.
HELMET AND THE CANVAS SUIT THAT THEY USED. THAT SUIT WAS ACTUALLY USED UP
THEY USED. THAT SUIT WAS ACTUALLY USED UP INTO THE 70'S.
THAT SUIT WAS ACTUALLY USED UP INTO THE 70'S. WE HAVE ONE DISPLAY CASE THAT IS
INTO THE 70'S. WE HAVE ONE DISPLAY CASE THAT IS PRIMARILY NATIVE AMERICANS.
WE HAVE ONE DISPLAY CASE THAT IS PRIMARILY NATIVE AMERICANS. WE DO HAVE SOME ACTUAL ARTIFACTS
PRIMARILY NATIVE AMERICANS. WE DO HAVE SOME ACTUAL ARTIFACTS THAT WERE FOUND IN THIS AREA.
WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE WITH ALL THE RECOVERY EFFORTS, THERE ARE MORE BIRDS IN THE COUNTRY.
THE RECOVERY EFFORTS, THERE ARE MORE BIRDS IN THE COUNTRY. WHERE WE ARE, THE WATER BELOW
MORE BIRDS IN THE COUNTRY. WHERE WE ARE, THE WATER BELOW THE DAM NEVER FREEZES OF WE GET
WHERE WE ARE, THE WATER BELOW THE DAM NEVER FREEZES OF WE GET TO SEE THE LARGE NUMBER OF
THE DAM NEVER FREEZES OF WE GET TO SEE THE LARGE NUMBER OF EAGLES COMING TO FISH.
TO SEE THE LARGE NUMBER OF EAGLES COMING TO FISH. THE MOST WE HAVE HAD HERE WAS 84
EAGLES COMING TO FISH. THE MOST WE HAVE HAD HERE WAS 84 AT ONE TIME.
WE ARE ALSO ONE OF THE BEST VIEWS OF STARVED ROCK STATE PARK.
VIEWS OF STARVED ROCK STATE PARK. IF YOU ARE STANDING ON TOP OF
PARK. IF YOU ARE STANDING ON TOP OF STARVED ROCK, YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
IF YOU ARE STANDING ON TOP OF STARVED ROCK, YOU CAN'T SEE IT. FROM OUR PLACE, YOU CAN GET A
STARVED ROCK, YOU CAN'T SEE IT. FROM OUR PLACE, YOU CAN GET A REAL GOOD VIEW OF IT.
FROM OUR PLACE, YOU CAN GET A REAL GOOD VIEW OF IT. THE AREA FROM STARVED ROCK DOWN
REAL GOOD VIEW OF IT. THE AREA FROM STARVED ROCK DOWN TO HENEPIN IS CONSIDERED ONE OF
THE AREA FROM STARVED ROCK DOWN TO HENEPIN IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST WALL EYE FISHING SPOTS.
TO HENEPIN IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST WALL EYE FISHING SPOTS. WHICH IS A GOOD INDICATION HOW
THE BEST WALL EYE FISHING SPOTS. WHICH IS A GOOD INDICATION HOW MUCH CLEERN THE WATER IS THAN
WHICH IS A GOOD INDICATION HOW MUCH CLEERN THE WATER IS THAN BACK IN THE 1970'S.
MUCH CLEERN THE WATER IS THAN BACK IN THE 1970'S. WE HAVE PLANS TO REDO ALL OF OUR
BACK IN THE 1970'S. WE HAVE PLANS TO REDO ALL OF OUR EXHIBITS TO MAKE THEM MORE
WE HAVE PLANS TO REDO ALL OF OUR EXHIBITS TO MAKE THEM MORE INTERACTIVE WHERE PEOPLE CAN
EXHIBITS TO MAKE THEM MORE INTERACTIVE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY DO MORE AND LOOK AT
INTERACTIVE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY DO MORE AND LOOK AT LESS.
BECAUSE OF RECENT EVENTS, ALL LOCKS ARE OPERATING UNDER INCREASED SECURITY.
LOCKS ARE OPERATING UNDER INCREASED SECURITY. SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AT
INCREASED SECURITY. SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AT CERTAIN TIMES THE VISITOR CENTER
SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AT CERTAIN TIMES THE VISITOR CENTER COULD BE CLOSED WITHOUT NOTICE.