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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 495 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOLIET , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of Will county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., in the township of Joliet, in the N.E. See also:part of the See also:state, on the See also:Des Plaines See also:river, 4o m. S.W. of See also:Chicago. Pop. (1890), 23,264; (1900), 29,353, of whom 8536 were See also:foreign-See also:born, 1889 being See also:German, 1579 See also:Austrian, 1206 Irish and 951 See also:Swedish; (1910 See also:census) 34,670. In addition there is a large See also:population in the immediate suburbs: that of the township including the city was 27,438 in 189o, and 50,640 in 1910. Joliet is served by the See also:Atchison, See also:Topeka & See also:Santa Fe, the Chicago & See also:Alton, the Chicago, See also:Rock See also:Island & Pacific, the See also:Michigan Central, the Illinois, See also:Iowa & See also:Minnesota, and the See also:Elgin, Joliet & Eastern See also:railways, by interurban electric lines, and is on the Illinois & Michigan See also:canal and the Chicago Sanitary (See also:ship) canal. The city is situated in a narrow valley, on both sides of the river. It is the seat of the See also:northern Illinois See also:penitentiary, and has a public library (in front of which is a statue, by S. See also:Asbjornsen, of See also:Louis Joliet), the township high school, two hospitals, two See also:Catholic See also:academies and a See also:club-See also:house, erected by the Illinois See also:Steel See also:Company for the use of its employees. There are two municipal parks, See also:West See also:Park and Highland Park; Dellwood Park is an amusement resort, owned by the Chicago & Joliet Electric Railway Company. In the vicinity are large deposits of calcareous See also:building See also:stone, See also:cement and fireclay, and there are See also:coal mines 20 M. distant. See also:Mineral resources and See also:water-See also:power have facilitated the development of manufactures.

The factory product in 1905 was valued at $33,788,700 (29.3 % more than in 1900), a large part of which was represented by See also:

iron and steel goods. There are large See also:industrial establishments just outside the city limits. The first See also:settlement on the site of Joliet (1833) was called Juliet, in See also:honour of the daughter of See also:James B. See also:Campbell, one of the settlers. The See also:present name was adopted in 1845, in memory of Louis Joliet (1645-1700), the See also:French See also:Canadian explorer of the See also:Mississippi, and in 1852 a city See also:charter was secured.

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