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Joliet Arsenal Redevelopment: From Swords to Plowshares

Once the largest producer of TNT in the world, the Joliet Arsenal has been returned to the people of Illinois as a tallgrass prairie, a national cemetery, and the largest inland port in America. Chicago native Joe Mantegna narrates this history of the arsenal and its innovative redevelopment.

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