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The Grayslake Gelatin Factory is a defunct gelatin factory formerly owned by the Grayslake Gelatin Company, and is located in Grayslake, Illinois. It is locally known for its 80-foot-tall (24 m) smoke stack that still rises over the town, which has earned the nickname "Grayslake's Hollywood Sign " [ who?
Grayslake is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The village's population at the 2020 census was 21,248. [ 3 ] It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area , about 40 miles (64 km) north of Chicago's downtown , 14 miles (23 km) west of Lake Michigan , and 15 miles (24 km) south of the Wisconsin border.
Twin Groves Wind Farm is a wind farm in the U.S. state of Illinois, near the villages of Arrowsmith, Saybrook, and Ellsworth in McLean County. It consists of 240 operating wind turbines. [1] Each wind turbine stands 280 ft (80 m) tall and has three 120-foot-long (39 m) blades. The wind farm was constructed from 2007 to February 2008.
Grays Lake contains approximately 112 million US gallons (420,000 m 3) of water covering approximately 80 acres (320,000 m 2).Water depth is approximately 18 feet (5.5 m) [3] at its deepest point and averages 4 feet (1.2 m) deep.
The farm was named for a shady brook that ran behind the property. The family moved to its current current location at the juncture of Lower Makefield, Newtown and Middletown townships in the 1960s.
The Funk Family is composed of Midwestern United States pioneers who did business in the fields of agriculture, politics, finance and civic life. [1] Abraham Lincoln was one of Funk Farms' first attorneys [2] and later served in the Illinois House of Representatives with Isaac Funk, who was a friend of Lincoln's and a booster when Lincoln ran for president. [3]
The University of Illinois Experimental Dairy Farm was established as a National Register of Historic Places historic district on February 4, 1994. The nomination form to the National Register of Historic Places was dated December 22, 1993 and completed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA).
Goodfarm Township is one of seventeen townships in Grundy County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 353 and it contained 138 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 353 and it contained 138 housing units.