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Item Title
Mill "C" Complex, South of Dee Bennet Road, near Illinois River, Ottawa, La Salle County, IL
Locationnear Illinois River,
Ottawa%2Bvicinity, IL
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER IL-24
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N2).
Building/structure dates:
1900 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1917 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1927 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1929 subsequent work
Significance: A unique example of industrial architecture, the Sand-Sorting Building contains a large pyramidal roof with multi-light gable dormers. It and the adjacent Sand Draining and Drying Building constitute the Mill "C" complex which was part of the nationally important glass-sand industry in Ottawa, Illinois.
Related Names
Allen & Garcia
Thornton, Edmund B.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF COMPLEX FROM SANDPIT LOOKING NORTHEAST, SAND DRAINING & DRYING BUILDING (left) AND SAND-SORTING BUILDING (right)
2. GENERAL VIEW OF COMPLEX FROM SANDPIT LOOKING NORTHEAST, SAND DRAINING & DRYING BUILDING (left) AND SAND-SORTING BUILDING (right)
3. GENERAL VIEW OF COMPLEX LOOKING SOUTH, SAND DRAINING & DRYING BUILDING (right) AND SAND-SORTING BUILDING (left)
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