Night at the Power Plant
I thought I’d deviate from the Post Offices for once, and add to the “In the Three Oh Nine” series. This is the E.D. Edwards Generating Station south of Bartonville, IL along the Illinois River. It’s a 749 Megawatt coal fired power plant belonging to AmerenCilco, the local utility. Feeding the burners at Edwards Station [...]
Low Clouds
Low clouds hover over Lake Michigan along the Chicago shoreline. In the distance, the steel mills and refineries in East Chicago, IN pump out exhaust gases and smoke into the sky, adding to the seemingly endless supply of clouds. As always, join me on Facebook : Twitter : Flickr
Christmas in Rockdale
In the Des Plaines River valley, just south of Joliet, lies the tiny town of Rockdale, IL. This town of 1800 people is maybe best known, to me at least, as the location where the planned siege on the hijacked train in the movie Silver Streak was supposed to take place, in name only though, [...]
