Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . z HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 307 sively quarried. Oravel. sand, and clay are alsoeasily obtained in considerable ([ twenty miles are productive coal Northern Illinois Penitentiary and a femalepenal institute stand just outside tlie city limitson the north. Joliet is an important manufac-turing center, the census of 1900 crediting thecity with 455 establishments, having §,196capital, employing 6,523 hands, paying §3,957,529wages and §17,891,M;?(i for raw material, turningout an annual product valued at §27,705,
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . z HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 307 sively quarried. Oravel. sand, and clay are alsoeasily obtained in considerable ([ twenty miles are productive coal Northern Illinois Penitentiary and a femalepenal institute stand just outside tlie city limitson the north. Joliet is an important manufac-turing center, the census of 1900 crediting thecity with 455 establishments, having §,196capital, employing 6,523 hands, paying §3,957,529wages and §17,891,M;?(i for raw material, turningout an annual product valued at §27,705,104. Theleading industries are the manufacture of foundryand machine-shop products, engines, agriculturalimplements, pig-iron, Bessemer steel, steelbridges, rods, tin cans, wallpaper, matches, beer,saddles, paint, furniture, pianos, and stoves,besides quarrying and stone cutting. The Chi-cago Drainage Canal supplies valuable water-power. The city has many handsome publicbuildings and private residences, among theformer being four hig
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