Clinton

Clinton occupies the western bank of the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa. Set opposite Illinois, it is one of the state’s river cities whose identity was forged by the 19th-century lumber trade, when mills processed timber floated downriver from the North. The former town of Lyons, now Clinton’s north side, retains that separate civic past in its historic commercial district. Eagle Point Park stands on high ground above the river near Lock and Dam No. 13, part of the navigation system that still shapes the working waterfront. The Gateway Bridge and Lyons–Fulton Bridge connect the city with Illinois. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Clinton’s Mississippi corridor relates to eastern Iowa and western Illinois.

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