20150702 Joliet Iron Works Ruins

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My general notes on the Joliet Iron Works

Update: AJ Grigg shared a posting of an AbandonedRailLines link wtih the comment: "The Joliet Iron Works built rails and transported them via the adjacent (and still operational) Illinois Central line [Chicago & Alton when operational] (now CN). But within the ruins, there are also plenty of abandoned rail bridges and side tracks."

A Facebook video

ReconnectWithNature
[This has some historical photos as well]

Update: Several videos

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This video may help provide a context for the stills below. I should have pictures below of every sign in the video.

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Here is some drone footage of the site, but it may be more disorienting than helpful.

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Above is an overview of the first part of the Joliet Iron Works Ruins. I took a picture of each sign and then what the sign was in front of. I want to annotate a few satellite images with an arrow for each photo ruin to indicate where the photo was taken. But that is way too much work to do in the foreseeable future. So for now I post them simply in the order taken.