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Bensenville Yard on Milwaukee Road 1939 (Photo by Jack Delano) As early as the 1870s, the Milwaukee Road, as it later became, operated a northwest connection from Chicago to Elgin. It passed through rural Bensenville. The first major freight station with an engine shed was built here by 1916, which was continuously expanded in the following ...
Thompson Township is one of 23 townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 841 and it contained 1,036 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 841 and it contained 1,036 housing units.
Bensenville is a village located near O'Hare International Airport in DuPage County, Illinois, with a portion of the town in Cook County. As of the 2020 census , the village population was 18,813. First known as Tioga, it was formally established as Bensenville in 1873 along the Milwaukee Road (now Canadian Pacific ) right-of-way.
James Arness as Matt Dillon. The company was managed by Fritz Dickie from 1927 through 1974. [1] In 1933 Stembridge's nephew, Ed Stembridge, also joined the firm. [2]By 1940 the business had an arsenal of 7,000 rifles, 1,200 revolvers, and 200 machine guns, including Thompson M1921s and M1928s, and was considered one of the largest private arsenals in the country.
Victory Auto Wreckers was an auto salvage yard in Bensenville, Illinois, near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. It is well known in the Chicago area for its former television commercial, in which a young man struggles with a car door that has just detached from its hinges. The commercial aired with limited changes from 1985 to 2015 ...
Interstate 490 (I-490), also known as the O'Hare West Bypass and Western O'Hare Beltway, is a six-mile (9.7 km) electronic toll highway and a beltway that is currently under construction near Chicago, Illinois; it will run along the west side of O'Hare International Airport. [1]
Thompson remained open, and Youth Services International retained its contract to operate it. In the nine years since, the company has won an additional eight contracts in Florida, bringing 4,100 more youths through its facilities, according to state records. All the while, complaints of abuse and neglect have remained constant.
Addison (partial); Bensenville (vast majority); Elk Grove Village (partial); Elmhurst (north quarter); Itasca (east three-quarters); Lombard (north edge); Villa Park (partial); Wood Dale; The south west edge of O'Hare in the city of Chicago shown on the map in beige is a separate entity comprising a portion of O'Hare International Airport, and is not part of this township.