Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . 73 fl O 3o .J o A a Eh y, H o o HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 30f. sively quarried. Gravel, sand, and clay are alsoeasily obtained in considerable twenty miles are productive coal Northern Illinois Penitentiary and a femalepenal institute stand just outside the city limitson the north. Joliet is an important manufac-turing center, the census of 1900 crediting thecity with 455 establishments, having 615,452,196capital, employing 6,523 hands, paying §3,957,529wages and 817,891,836 for raw material, turningout an annual prod
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . 73 fl O 3o .J o A a Eh y, H o o HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 30f. sively quarried. Gravel, sand, and clay are alsoeasily obtained in considerable twenty miles are productive coal Northern Illinois Penitentiary and a femalepenal institute stand just outside the city limitson the north. Joliet is an important manufac-turing center, the census of 1900 crediting thecity with 455 establishments, having 615,452,196capital, employing 6,523 hands, paying §3,957,529wages and 817,891,836 for raw material, turningout an annual product valued at 827,765,104 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 th
Size: 1307px × 1912px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherchicagomunsellpubl
