Rock River Navigation and Water Power Company

Abstract The Rock River Navigation and Water Power Company was chartered by the state of Illinois in 1867. The company was created to construct a canal at Milan and for creating water power. The finished canal was named the Sears Canal in honor of David B. Sears, a well-known local town and dam builder..Materials in this collection include a charter, by-laws, reports, stocks, congressional reports, correspondence, photographs, financial records, advertising materials, applications, stock and real...