Slippery Rock Gazette Whatever Happened to Joliet Limestone A
Above The stately 19th century Hiram B Scutt mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a prime example of the use of Joliet limestone for the foundation lintels columns and other structural embellishments Archive photos show the first quarry used in the construction of the Illinois State Penitentiary
quot Menard Development of a Nineteenth Century Prison quot by Koerber
1 While his remarks were meant to address antiquated prison conditions at the national level he could also have been referring to Joliet and Menard facilities of the Illinois State Penitentiary system in use from the previous century Ironically Menard would play a dramatic role in influencing Stevenson 39 s public image at the nbsp
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15 Feb 2002 He came here before being sent to Stateville Correctional Center quot On Saturday when the last inmates are being moved out he will report to his new job at Stateville a couple of miles away just north of Joliet Inmates from Alton built Joliet from limestone they quarried just a few hundred feet away
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21 Sep 2010 6 Prison West 9 Prison East 11 U S Steel 13 Conclusion 14 Implementation and Action Joliet Correctional Center Redevelopment TAP Joliet IL January quarrying limestone on the site In 1869 Throughout these engagements the theme for redevelopment from residents stakeholders and state
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Joliet Correctional Center colloquially known as Joliet Prison was a prison in Joliet Illinois United States from 1858 to 2002 As of 2014 the Joliet Area Historical Museum is seeking to establish guided tours of the penitentiary for Route 66 travelers Lots of history at this link as well as TV shows and Movies filmed there
Photo gallery A history of Joliet Chicago Tribune
17 Oct 2012 The prison Joliet Jake The casinos The speedway The fourth most populous city in Illinois has a long and interesting history Take a stroll through the Chicago Tribune photo archives for the history of the city 13 1956 A 12 year old boy points to where another boy fell from his bike and into the quarry
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quot Ruins of the first state prison in Illinois Built in 1830 31 Unsanitary conditions aroused Persistant criticism from dorothea dix Pioneer in prison Reform All inmates were transferred to Joliet prior to 1860 During the Civil War many confederate prisoners were incarcerated here and deaths averaged six to ten a day quot
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1 Dec 2001 The first inmates built this place walling themselves in with limestone they quarried just a few hundred feet away from the foundation When the prison opened in to make captain at Joliet Like most of the other employees she 39 ll probably transfer to nearby Stateville Correctional Center in a few months
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16 Dec 2001 With a new facility to handle that chore being built across the river at Stateville Correctional Center Joliet and its annual 4 million budget stood out when Brought in 1858 to live in what is now the segregation unit the inmates broke chunks of limestone at a nearby quarry and built the prison around them
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Joliet Correctional Center which was a completely separate prison from Stateville Correctional Center in nearby Crest Hill opened in 1858 The prison was built with convict labor leased by the state to contractor Lorenzo P Sanger and warden K Casey The limestone used to build the prison was quarried on the nbsp
Exhibit explores what 39 s to be done with the Old Joliet Prison Local
19 Nov 2016 Old Joliet Prison also known as the Joliet Correctional Center and originally known as the Illinois State Penitentiary was built in 1858 At its peak it held The building 39 s façade shown on an entire wall in the exhibit was constructed in limestone quarried from the site where the prison stands The architect nbsp
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19 Apr 2013 The Illinois State Penitentiary 1858 in Joliet used stone quarried just across the street and later St Mary Nativity 39 s church foundation 1906 was quarried in situ The stone soon found favor throughout the area and many of Chicago 39 s pre fire buildings were constructed using JLL The most famous nbsp
Then amp Now Stone Quarries – Joliet The Herald News
1 May 2016 The term limestone is often used in general terms to describe the carbonate rocks and fossils In a more specific sense limestone is distinguished from a second substance dolomite by its smaller content of magnesium carbonate Both limestone and dolomite are found in Illinois but it is dolomite that was nbsp
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Prisoners from the Illinois state penitentiary in Joliet worked in the limestone quarries located next to the prison seen in the background of this photograph likely taken around the turn of the twentieth century Photographer Unknown Source Chicago Historical Society ICHi 37939 The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago nbsp
Mayor Says Old Joliet Prison 39 Becoming A Problem 39 After Raging
30 May 2017 The shuttered prison is owned by the state of Illinois but O 39 Dekirk said there is a proposal before the Joliet City Council to purchase the property so it can be rehabbed or possibly torn down and used as a quarry because it has fallen into disrepair There 39 s been talk some talk about leveling the property nbsp
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