Joliet Iron Works Historic Site - Joliet Tour

  • Collins Street
    East of Joliet City Center, Joliet, IL 60432
  • +1 815 727 8700
  • www.fpdwc.org
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Joliet Iron Works Historic Site
Collins Street
East of Joliet City Center, Joliet, IL 60432
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  • Take a free, naturalist-led ... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • ... is known as the City of Steel and Stone. Rich deposits of limestone led to a thriving quarrying industry, and in the years following the Civil War, a huge iron producing industry would, over 60 years, employ thousands at the Joliet ... more on Fpdwc.org
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A Hidden Gem

(10/28/05)

... Joliet Ironworks was such a pleasant surprise! The paved walk, alongside the peaceful I%M Canal, had kiosks to explain the function of the remnants a visitor was looking at, photos of the various furnaces, skull house, and other remains ... By moxie66@sbcglobal.net from Wilmington, IL, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Reviews from Yahoo! Travel

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