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Illinois
Antioch
Hiram Butrick Sawmill
Gage Brothers Park
790 Cunningham Avenue
Antioch IL 60003
Phone 847 395-2160
Web Site www.antioch-il.org/ptsofint.html
Description
Building Type Sawmill
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Industrial
Owner/Operator: Antioch Village Parks & Rec, 874 Main St 60002 847 395-2160 |
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Illinois
Bloomington
Beer Nuts Plant
103 North Robinson Street
Bloomington IL
Phone
Web Site www.beer-nuts.com
Description plant where beer nuts have been made since 1937, outlet & video
Type of Resource Tourist Attraction
Primary Focus: Industrial |
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Illinois
Chicago
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
57th Street and Lake Shore Drive
Chicago IL 60637
Phone 773 684-1414
Web Site www.msichicago.org/
Description large museum of industry and technology. Computer history, medical, nutrition, U-Boat
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus: Industrial
Kind of Activity IMAX |
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Illinois
Chicago
Pullman Historic District
Pullman Visitor Center
11141 South Cottage Grove Avenue
Chicago IL 60628
Phone 773 785-3828
Web Site http://members.aol.com/PullmanIL/
Alt Web http://www.pullmanil.org/
Description town
built by George Pullman for his workers, scene of a bitter strike, now a Chicago neighborhood
Type of Resource Historic District
Primary Focus: Industrial |
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Illinois
Decatur
Hieronymus Mueller Mansion
61 South Country Club Road
Decatur IL
62521
Phone
217 423-6168
Web Site
www.cityofdecatur.com/mueller.htm
Description
honors man who created a still-extant fire hydrant and water flow control
equipment company
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus:
Industrial |
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IL
Franklin Grove
Franklin
Creek Grist Mill
1893 Twist
Road
Franklin
Grove
IL
61031
Phone
815 456-2718
Web Site
http://www.dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/R1/Franklin.htm
Alt Web
http://www.franklingroveil.org/grstml.htm
Description
reconstructed water powered grist mill in 600+acre
park with 180 acre
nature
preserve
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Industrial
Building
Type
Mill
Kind of
Activity
Trail
Nature of
Group or Site
Nature Reserve
Era
1847
New or
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6/28/2007 |
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Illinois
Golden
Prairie Mills Windmill
902 Prairie Mills Road
Box 148
Golden IL 62339
Phone 217 696-2495
Web Site http://www.windmill.org/mill.html
Description restoration of windmill completed July 2001 -- historical society local museum located near windmill
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus Industrial
Building Type Windmill
Group Identity German
Era 1872
Owner/Operator: Golden Historical Society
New or Updated: 06/14/2003 |
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Illinois
Moweaqua
Moweaqua Coal Mine Museum
129 South Main Street
Moweaqua IL 62550
Phone 217 768-3019
Alt Phone 217 768-3475
Web Site www.decaturnet.org/heritage/details.htm
Alt Web
http://www.lakeshelbyville.com/pages/motor.htm
Description museum dedicated to 54 miners killed in 1932 disaster, artifacts of mine, which closed in 1935
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus: Industrial
Industry Profession Mining |
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Illinois
Nauvoo
Print Shop
Main Street
Nauvoo IL 62354
Phone 217 453-2278
Web Site http://ns1.rockbridge.net/canal/
Description information on canals
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus:
Industrial
Nature of Group or Site Association
Industry Profession Printing |
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IL
Oak Brook
Graue Mill
And Museum
3800
York Road
Oak Brook
IL
60522
Phone
630 655-2090
Alt Phone
630 920-9720
Web Site
http://www.grauemill.org/
E-mail
mailto:grauemill1852@sbcglobal.net
Description
water powered wooden grist mill still operating
after 150 years
Type of
Resource Historic Place
Primary
Focus
Industrial
Building
Type
Mill
Era
1852
Owner/Operator:
Forest
Preserve of DuPage County
New or
Updated:
9/21/2007 |
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IL
Park
Ridge
Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
520 N
Northwest Highway
Park Ridge
IL
60068
Phone
847 825-5586
Web Site
http://www.asahq.org/wlm/homepage.html
E-mail
mailto:wlm@ASAhq.org
Description
medical equipment, 9000 volume library, biographical collections
Type of Resource
Specialty
Museum
Primary
Focus
Industrial
Industry /Profession
Medical
Collection
A-F
Bottles
Research /Reading
Library
Owner/Operator:
American
Society of Anesthesiologists
New or Updated:
07/17/2003 |
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IL
Schaumburg
Chicago Athenaeum at Schaumburg
190 S
Roselle Rd
Schaumburg
IL
60193
Phone
847
895-3950
Web Site
http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/default.htm
Description
dedicated to design -- architectural, industrial,
graphic. Maintains photo
and
film archives, maintains nearby Sculpture park
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Industrial
Field of Study/Science Facility
Architecture
Collection
N-Z
Sculpture
Research /Reading
Archives
New or Updated:
07/26/2003 |
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Illinois
Shirley
Funk Prairie Home Gem and Mineral Museum
Address
Shirley IL
Phone
Web Site www.visitbn.org/visitorinfo/areaattractions.shtml
Description home of co-founder of Chicago Union Stockyards Lafayette Funk with working Victrola, hall of gems and minerals and Native American artifacts
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus: Industrial
Nature of Group or Site Minerals
Era 1864 |
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IL
West Frankfort
National Coal Museum
1941 Logan Road
West
Frankfort
IL
62896
Phone
618 937-2625
Web Site
*****
Alt Web
http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/coalmus.htm
Description
closed in late 1999
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Industrial
Industry /Profession
Mining
New or Updated:
08/11/2003 |
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Illinois
Wood River
Wood River Refinery History Museum
Highway 111
Mail: PO Box 76 Roxana IL 62084
Wood River IL
Phone 618 255-3718
Web Site http://www.wrrhm.org/
Alt Web http://www.shellhistorymuseum.org/
E-mail mailto:museum@wrrhm.org
Description history of still working refinery, located in buildings formerly part of complex, including Shell Research Laboratory
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus: Industrial
Industry Profession Oil |
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Illinois
Zion
Platen Press Museum
3051 Sheridan Road
Zion IL 60099
Phone 847 731-1945
Web Site
*****
E-mail mailto:platenpress@iconnect.net
Description hot metal composition, letterpress, multigraphing, bookbinding
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus: Industrial
Industry Profession Printing |
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01/12/2008 |
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