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  2. List of Illinois area codes - Wikipedia

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    Area code 847 exhausted its numbers quickly, so that an overlay area code, 224, was implemented in 1996 for relief. However, mandatory ten-digit dialing was not in effect until 2002. In March 2007, an overlay plan was created for NPA 630 adding area code 331, and 779 was added to 815. With the depletion of new numbers in area codes 312 and 773 ...

  3. Skyline (construction set) - Wikipedia

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    American Skyline was a construction set sold in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Elgo Plastics/Halsam Products Company from Chicago, Illinois. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] With an American Skyline set, its owner could piece together models of high-rise city buildings.

  4. Ecobricks - Wikipedia

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    An ecobrick is a plastic bottle densely packed with used plastic to create a reusable building block that achieves plastic sequestration.The concept behind ecobricks is to utilize and upcycle post consumer plastic, benefiting our Earth. These plastic bottles are precisely packed with clean and dry used plastic to avoid the growth of bacteria. [1]

  5. List of North American Numbering Plan area codes - Wikipedia

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    area code 387 is reserved as a fifth code for the region; 438: Quebec (Montreal metropolitan area) November 4, 2006: overlaid on 514; 2022: overlaid by 263; 439: not in use; available for geographic assignment 440: Ohio (surrounding Cleveland on three sides, including: Elyria, Lorain, Oberlin, Ashtabula, and most of north-central Ohio) August ...

  6. Connect Housing Blocks bring modular construction to Columbus ...

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    DeHays says the 102-unit apartment building will be completed by October, or about four months on site compared with more than 18 to 24 months using conventional construction.

  7. Loc Blocs - Wikipedia

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    Loc Blocs was a plastic block construction toy set. [1] They were marketed in the 1970s and 1980s by Entex Industries and manufactured in Japan as Dia Block by Kawada Co. which still produces sets to this day.

  8. Building blocks (toy) - Wikipedia

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    ELGO Plastics, Inc. was established as a division of Halsam Products Company in 1941." It produced building blocks under the name American Plastic Bricks from 1946, and was the dominant American supplier through the 1950's. [19] A full history of Halsam and its founders cites the existence of interlocking plastic bricks prior to LEGO in America ...

  9. U.S. Route 51 in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    I-39/US-51 join I-90, making US 51 one of the few toll highways in Illinois that is a U.S. Highway. US 51 exits I-39/I-90 just a mile south of the Wisconsin state line. Then US 51 follows Illinois Route 75 (IL 75) west to the intersection of IL 251, and then turns north through South Beloit, Illinois to enter Wisconsin.