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Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (JOAAP, formerly known as the Joliet Arsenal) was a United States Army arsenal located in Will County, Illinois, near Elwood, Illinois, south of Joliet, Illinois. Opened in 1940 during World War II , the facility consisted of the Elwood Ordnance Plant (EOP) and the Kankakee Ordnance Works (KNK).
It has a sprawling, irregular shape that extends into nine different townships, more than any other Illinois city. They are: Joliet, Plainfield, Troy, New Lenox, Jackson, Channahon, and Lockport in Will County, and Na-Au-Say and Seward in Kendall County. Joliet developed along the Des Plaines River, and its downtown is located in the river valley.
It is located approximately 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Chicago, Illinois. When fully completed, it will provide 400,000 burial spaces. When fully completed, it will provide 400,000 burial spaces. The cemetery was dedicated in 1999 by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.
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Three major fires have taken place in Elwood, the first on August 26, 1995, in which the fire station was destroyed. [2] The second, which occurred on May 5, 2008, completely destroyed Bill’s Inn. [3] A residential fire in the Wyndstone Village subdivision on April 17, 2009, caused extensive damage to two townhomes.
At about 7:30 p.m., a mix of full-time and volunteer firefighters from Fairmont City, Freeburg, Highland, Smithton, and O’Fallon set out from the O’Fallon Fire Department.
Will County is a county in the northeastern part of the state of Illinois.According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 696,355, an increase of 2.8% from 677,560 in 2010, making it Illinois's fourth-most populous county. [1]
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