L8, Site of huge explosion
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Produced 8-inch high-explosive projectiles.
At 2:45 AM, June 5, 1942, a large explosion on the assembly line at the Elwood facility resulted in 56 dead or missing and was felt as far as Waukegan, Illinois over 60 miles (97 km) north.
At 2:45 AM, June 5, 1942, a large explosion on the assembly line at the Elwood facility resulted in 56 dead or missing and was felt as far as Waukegan, Illinois over 60 miles (97 km) north.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°21'45"N 88°3'51"W
- Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (CLOSED) 13 km
- Fort Custer Military Res 248 km
- NASA Plum Brook Station 446 km
- Camp Grayling 447 km
- Alpena County Regional Airport and Capt. Phelps Collins Air National Guard Base (APN/KAPN) 552 km
- Naval Radio Transmitter Facility, Republic 561 km
- Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center 575 km
- Land Force Central Area Training Centre Meaford 702 km
- Canadian Forces Base Borden 737 km
- Unmaintained Seneca Portion of I-90 754 km
- Wilton Township 7.2 km
- Manhattan Township 10 km
- Channahon Township 13 km
- Custer Township 13 km
- Rockville Township, Kankakee County, IL 16 km
- Peotone Township 18 km
- Green Garden Township 19 km
- Manteno Township, Kankakee County, Illinois 23 km
- Frankfort Township 24 km
- Grundy County, Illinois 31 km