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The Morris Operation in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, is the location of the only permanent (the rest are temporary) de facto high-level radioactive waste storage site in the United States and holds 772 tons of spent nuclear fuel. [1] It is owned by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and located near the city of Morris. [2]
The Chicago Union Stock Yards fire occurred from December 22 to December 23, 1910 in Chicago, resulting in the deaths of twenty-one Chicago Fire Department firemen. [ 1 ] Until the September 11 attacks , the fire was the deadliest building collapse in American history, [ 1 ] although the Texas City Disaster of 1947 killed more firefighters overall.
Dresden Station is located on a 953-acre (386 ha) site in Grundy County, Illinois near the city of Morris. It is at the head of the Illinois River, where the Des Plaines River and Kankakee River meet. It is immediately northeast of the Morris Operation—the only de facto
In 1903, the Chicago City Council passed a measure requiring the 40th Street line be elevated as part of a larger effort to remove grade crossings from Chicago railroads; this meant that the South Side Elevated Railroad took over all operations from the Illinois Central, while the Chicago Junction Railroad owned the land and the structures. The ...
In 1882, [2] he married Augusta Morris, daughter of Nelson Morris, the founder of the Chicago meatpacking company Morris & Company; [5] they had one child, Melville Nelson Rothschild. [2] Rothschild committed suicide by revolver on July 28, 1902, in Chicago. [6] [7] After his death, his wife married his cousin, Maurice L. Rothschild. [8] [9] [10]
(The Center Square) – In the wake of another Illinois state trooper's death, officials continue to attempt to strengthen the state’s Move Over law, or Scott’s Law. ... Scott’s Law is named ...
As of 7 p.m. Sunday, social media posts from the fire service's official account said the Rockaway fire had scorched brush across 77 acres near Jacobs Road, which remained closed. Thirteen ...
Across much of Northern Illinois, a tornado watch had been issued at 2:35 pm which would last until until 10:00 pm that evening. [11] An emergency operations center was established in northern Illinois in anticipation of the severe conditions, and regional officials increased staffing for emergency response agencies across the area. [5]