Our trip down the Chicago River marked the beginning of a new adventure on the inland river system. After the hour or so cruise through the heart of downtown, we entered the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, which is largely through the industrial area.
There wasn't a lot of traffic but we did encounter some tugs and barges, many bridges and a few locks.
These locks are much larger than what we've experienced in the past. They are 600 feet long by 100 feet long and they do fill them up, we soon discovered. The second photo is a long double barge and tug that cruised past us when we were tied on the wall at Bi-Centennial Park in Joliet, IL.
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