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  2. Thornton Quarry - Wikipedia

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    Overhead view of the quarry. Thornton Quarry is one of the largest aggregate quarries in the world, located in Thornton, Illinois just south of Chicago. The quarry is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide, and 450 feet (140 m) deep at its deepest point. Gallagher Asphalt Corporation has been operating on the grounds of the quarry ...

  3. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Thornton Quarry, just south of Chicago, Illinois. One of the largest aggregate quarries in the world, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, 0.5 miles wide, and up to 450 feet deep, site of a Silurian reef. Quarried since 1836. The quarry also acts as an emergency flood control reservoir as part of Chicago Deep Tunnel project.

  4. Thornton, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Thornton is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census. [ 4 ] Thornton is home to the Thornton Quarry , one of the largest quarries in the world.

  5. Tunnel and Reservoir Plan - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of Phase II of the McCook Reservoir under construction in 2023. The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (abbreviated TARP and more commonly known as the Deep Tunnel Project or the Chicago Deep Tunnel) is a large civil engineering project that aims to reduce flooding in the metropolitan Chicago area, and to reduce the harmful effects of flushing raw sewage into Lake Michigan by diverting ...

  6. Quarry Lake Park drowning; 16-year-old boy's body recovered

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  7. Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park - Wikipedia

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    In 1880, the Utah Eastern Railroad built a narrow-gauge line between Coalville and Park City to transport coal to fuel the pumps that removed underground water from Park City’s silver mines. [5] At the same time, the Union Pacific Railroad constructed the Echo-Park City Railway, a broad-gauge spur line, alongside it.

  8. Water leaks into Manhattan tunnel due to drilling mistake ...

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    As a result of the leak, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority sent out alerts before 1:30 p.m. that all lanes in both tubes of the heavily trafficked tunnel connecting Manhattan and Queens ...

  9. Tunnel Creek National Park - Wikipedia

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    Tunnel Creek National Park is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 1,845 kilometres (1,146 mi) northeast of Perth and 390 km (240 mi) east of Broome. The natural cave through which Tunnel Creek flows is a major attraction of the park. Many Aboriginal rock paintings and speleothems are present in the cave decorating the ...