Stone Quarry (Elmhurst, Illinois)

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Operated by Elmhurst Chicago Stone Company.

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Coordinates: 41°54'1"N 87°57'30"W

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kencummings

Source of much of the aggregate that built modern Chicago. The open hole got too deep and they had to go underground. Imagine a Swiss Cheese with holes 40 feet high and 60 feet wide. MSHA approved.

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kencummings

In 1996 it became a relief place for local flood water.

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