Our Canal Heritage
Illinois and Michigan Canal Payroll Records.
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Our Canal Heritage:
The Illinois and Michigan Canal
A Northeastern Illinois Landmark
The Illinois State Archives has timebooks with the names of workers on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. They each have been given a code name.
491.044 TIME BOOKS. 1840-1927. 89 vols. No index. Daily records are of the number of hours worked by laborers and employees of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. In addition to the names of the laborers and employees records variously list rates of pay, monthly totals of hours worked, deductions from pay for supplies furnished to workers by canal officials, occupations, and the signatures of employees acknowledging receipt of payment for their work. One volume for 1857, written in German, concerns the work of a group of German-American laborers.
Click here for overview of the timebooks and the titles on the outside covers.
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Chicago History Museum
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Illinois State Archives
Lewis University
National Park Service
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