|
|
 |
When the Westclox Company was making
watches in Peru, Route 6 ran right between the factory and the offices.
This October 1997 photo shows the office building.
|
The
Kaskaskia Hotel in downtown La Salle.
Right: October 2001 photo. Above: 1950s postcard (Curt Teich Postcard Archives, Lake County
Illinois Discovery Museum)
|
|
| As the highway follows a stair-step pattern
east of Lasalle, interesting complexes of very old/old/new paved highway
paths can be found along Route 6. In some places the Route 6
explorer can stand in one place and see the 90 degree turn of the very
old, a more gentle curve of the old, and a very gentle curve of
the new. The October 2001 photo on the right shows one of the old
curves that has been taken over for use as a driveway for the house in the
background. |
|
|
|
In Ottawa, just two blocks south of the
current Route 6, is this magnificent structure, the aqueduct through
which the Illinois and Michigan Canal passed over the Fox
River. The I&M Canal was completed in 1848 as a connection
between Lake Michigan and the Illinois River at LaSalle. The aqueduct
currently carries a walking/bike trail, but no water. (October
2001 photo) |
|
|
"New and old Route 6, west of
Marseilles. (March 1997 photo)
|
La Salle County, Illinois
