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Coal City was incorporated in 1870, named for coal mines in the vicinity [5] that were built following the 1820 discovery of large coal reserves. During the 20th century, coal mining operations in the area declined, with the local economy being driven more by growth in manufacturing and the construction of nearby power plants, [6] including Dresden Nuclear Power Plant and Braidwood Nuclear ...
The Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area is a tri-state area where the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky intersect, and a region of the Upland South. The area is defined mainly by the television viewing area and consists of ten Illinois counties, eleven Indiana counties, and nine Kentucky counties, centered upon the Ohio ...
Coal City station was an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in Coal City, Illinois. It served trains on the "Doodlebug" spur line from Peoria and Pekin, Illinois to Chicago. [2] The train was often run with one car, dubbed the "dinky", and made its last run on 1955. [3] The station house is one story and made of brick. [1]
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The monument is located in the southeast part of the former mine on Illinois Route 113 in Diamond, Illinois just west of Coal City, Illinois. On September 6, 1926, 43 years after the disaster, the Braidwood Homecoming Committee dedicated a plaque with the names of the victims.
In 1999, Illinois produced 40.4 million tons of coal, but only 17 million tons (42%) of Illinois coal was consumed in Illinois. Most of the coal produced in Illinois is exported to other states and countries. In 2008, Illinois exported three million tons of coal and was projected to export nine million in 2011, as demand for energy grows in ...
Southern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois comprising the southern third of the state, principally south of Interstate 70.Part of downstate Illinois, it is bordered by the two most voluminous rivers in the United States: the Mississippi below its connection with the Missouri River to the west and the Ohio River to the east and south, with the tributary Wabash River, extending ...
Ohio is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 465 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] It is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area .