Granite City is located at ( 38.717849 , -90.129529 ) , adjacent to the Chain of Rocks Canal on the Upper Mississippi River , bordering Horseshoe Lake on its southeastern side . The city sits in the American Bottom , a wide , flat and fertile plain . Although at risk during the Great Flood of 1993 , the city never flooded and is protected by a series of levees along both the Mississippi River and Chain of Rocks Canal
Great Flood of 1993
Great Flood of 1993
Granite City, Illinois