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  Braidwood, Illinois: Just the facts...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Braidwood is a city located in Will County, Illinois (additional info and facts about Will County, Illinois).
Braidwood is also the hometown of the Homecoming Queen (additional info and facts about Homecoming Queen) of Illinois (A Midwest state in north-central United States) 2004.
Braidwood is located at 41°16'19" North, 88°13'6" West (41.271982, -88.218221).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/braidwood,_illinois.htm   (512 words)

  
 Braidwood, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Braidwood is a city located in Will County, Illinois.
A major nuclear power plant, currently owned by Exelon Corporation, is in Braidwood.
Braidwood is also the hometown of the Homecoming Queen of Illinois 2004.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Braidwood,_Illinois   (365 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Braidwood, Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Braidwood nuclear power plant is located in Will County in northeastern Illinois.
Artie Matthews was born in Braidwood, Illinois ; his family moved to Springfield, Illinois in his youth.
Mitchell became a coal miner in Braidwood at the age of 12, and...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Braidwood,-Illinois   (859 words)

  
 Weather Braidwood IL Weather Forecast - Find Local Braidwood IL Weather   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 DNR
Braidwood Lake was constructed in the late 1970s and impounded in 1980-81 with water pumped from the Kankakee River.
Braidwood Lake currently is used for fishing, waterfowl hunting, fossil hunting by permit and as a waterfowl refuge.
Braidwood Lake Fish and Wildlife Area consists of 2,640 acres and is located in Will County south of Braidwood off Illinois Route 53.
dnr.state.il.us /lands/landmgt/PARKS/R2/MAZONIA.HTM   (751 words)

  
 Braidwood Dunes and Savanna - Into the Wild
Nestled in the far north reaches of the Kankakee Sand Area of Illinois, Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve offers a rare glimpse at the remains of an ancient sand dune created 11,000 years ago.
Past the gray gravel preserve parking lot — 60 miles southwest of downtown Chicago — a sign sits firmly planted in the sand, covered by a wood-shingled triangular roof, at the foreground of a breezy orange and yellow field of prairie grass.
Efforts to keep Braidwood Dunes and Savanna much like it used to be are evident in vague traces of fl around tree trunks.
chicagowildernessmag.org /issues/summer1999/IWbraidwooddunes.html   (508 words)

  
 Second Vehicle Intrusion At Illinois Nuke Plant In Week
, Illinois -- She was the second driver to breeze past the guard station at Braidwood's nuclear facility in the span of a week.
Staley, 31, had apparently become disoriented and was looking for some place to turn around when she drove past the security post at 9 a.m.
She was stopped within seconds by facility security and Braidwood police.
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 Mosquito Abatement District of Braidwood, Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Since the tax base of the District is shrinking, and the increased presence of mosquito borne diseases, this District, along with other districts, have shifted their concentration more toward eliminating the vector (disease carrying) mosquitoes and less on the nuisance mosquitoes.
By state of Illinois code (70 ILCS 1005/), the trustees of the district are not to be compensated in any way.
However, the Illinois Department of Public Health warns that West Nile virus activity in Culex mosquitos increases during hot weather, personal protection against mosquitos is particularly important during August and September.
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 Braidwood, Illinois Drug Rehab Alcohol Treatment Addiction Rehab Information Narconon Arrowhead
For more than 50 years around Braidwood, Illinois and across the world, alcoholism (and more recently drug addiction) has been touted by "experts" as a life-long affliction, a "disease" that can never be cured.
When choosing a drug rehab center for yourself or a loved one from Braidwood, Illinois, it is important to become educated on the different types of drug rehab and what the end results are.
Methamphetamine is the principal drug of concern in the rural areas of central and southern Illinois.
www.stopaddiction.com /states/illinois_drug_rehab_info~Braidwood.html   (2615 words)

  
 Illinois Inland Waters
The Illinois River begins near Channahon IL, in the Illinois and Michigan Canal State Park, where the Des Plaines and Kankakee Rivers meet.
Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area consists of 1,017 acres and is located in Grundy County 3 miles southwest of Braidwood on Illinois Route 53 and Huston Road.
Rend Lake is the second largest man made lake in the state of Illinois, consisting of 19,000 acres of water with 162 miles of shoreline.
www.chicagofishinglinks.com /illinoiswaters_body.htm   (2700 words)

  
 Braidwood, Illinois IL, city profile (Will County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Braidwood, IL Braidwood is a city in Will County, in the Chicago metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Braidwood was $20,545, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Braidwood, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $474.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5937   (498 words)

  
 Cooling Lake Maps and Illinois River Maps
The Illinois River Map by Outdoor Writer Phil Trager comes from living his whole life on and fishing the Illinois River.
MWC, PWT, RCL, Illinois Tournament Trail and the Governor's Cup tournaments are all held on the Illinois River and these maps will help put you on fish including sauger, walleye, catfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, stripers and crappies.
The Illinois Outdoors Heidecke Lake, Braidwood Lake, LaSalle Lake and Tampier Lake maps are the most inexpensive way to find fish on these very popular bodies of water.
www.geocities.com /illinoisoutdoors/MapPage.html   (668 words)

  
 Reed-Custer High School - Braidwood, Illinois / IL - school information
Illinois tests students in grades 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 11 using state assessments.
The state department of education did not identify this school as "in need of improvement" for 2004-2005.
Illinois school information: Illinois schools, Illinois districts, Illinois cities
www.greatschools.net /modperl/achievement/il/3474   (357 words)

  
 Illinois AA - Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous in the Quad Cities - Mercer, Rock Island, and Henry counties in Illinois and Scott and Clinton counties in Iowa.
Illinois State Conference for Young People in AA (ISCYPAA) - Annual Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) event with Al-Anon participation.
Quad Cities - Alcoholics Anonymous - Mercer, Rock Island, and Henry counties in Illinois and Scott and Clinton counties in Iowa.
www.theagapecenter.com /AAinUSA/Illinois.htm   (626 words)

  
 Braidwood, Illinois heroin addiction information by Narconon Arrowhead&heroin addiction.com
To find heroin addiction treatment or drug rehabilitation facilities serving people from Braidwood, Illinois that are suitable for your needs, please call 1-800-468-6933.
When choosing a heroin rehab center for yourself or a loved one from Braidwood, Illinois, it is important to become educated on the different types of addiction treatment programs and what the end results are.
There were a reported 591 addiction treatment centers in Illinois in 2003.
www.heroinaddiction.com /~heroinad/statecity/illinois_heroin_addiction_treatment~Braidwood.html   (2778 words)

  
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As you move from Northeast to southwest of a boundary near the town of Braidwood, Illinois, the life found in fossils there shifts from a much more forest-like environment to a marine environment.
The environment was tropical, Illinois existing a mere 4 degrees south of the equator (according to studies of the magnetic fields locked away in rocks found there).
Like in many tropical environments that exist today, this region of Illinois was also inundated with rainfall, as simulated by a model predicting how water evaporates into the atmosphere and falls down to Earth.
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 US Nuclear Plants - Braidwood
Description: The Braidwood Station is located in Will County in northeastern Illinois.
Braidwood's recent up rates make it the largest nuclear plant in the State.  The three largest Illinois' plants, however, are nearly equal (LaSalle is only 2 net megawatts smaller than Braidwood and Byron is only 4 net megawatts less in capacity than LaSalle.)
Ownership: The sole owner of the Braidwood plant is also the operator, the Exelon Corporation.
www.eia.doe.gov /cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/braidwood.html   (214 words)

  
 Braidwood, Illinois IL Home Improvement Contractors
Ronald Wilson Regan from Tampico, Illinois became the 40th president of the United States in 1980.
Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution abolishing slavery.
ServiceMagic has helped homeowners in Illinois find prescreened and customer-rated home improvement contractors to meet their home improvement needs.
www.servicemagic.com /d.Braidwood.IL.html   (101 words)

  
 DOWNSTATE GOLF BENEFIT JUNE 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This notice describes a release and how the Illinois Natural Resource Trustees propose to compensate for the loss of natural resources.
On June 25, 2000, a faulty outdoor oil-water separator in combination with a bout of heavy rainfall washed approximately 4,450 gallons of diesel fuel into a perimeter ditch of the ComEd Braidwood facility.
Wetlands in Illinois provide significant migration areas for waterfowl and other waterbirds.
dnr.state.il.us /pubaffairs/2004/April/Will_county_damage.htm   (602 words)

  
 BRAIDWOOD Dodge Dealers (Illinois): Car Price Quotes
NewCars.com is dedicated to connecting you to local BRAIDWOOD Dodge dealers in Arkansas that will give you a free price quote with no obligation to buy.
BRAIDWOOD Dodge dealers are working hard to find the best possible price for your new car purchase or lease.
If you are ready to locate the closest BRAIDWOOD Dodge dealer with the best pricing on cars and trucks, simply enter your ZIP code in the form to the right.
www.newcars.com /dealer_city/Illinois_Dodge_BRAIDWOOD.html   (110 words)

  
 Fishing Spots in Will County, Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Info: Braidwood Lake, which is 2,308 acres, has two boat launching facilities, located at opposite ends of the lake as well as extensive bank fishing areas.
Greatly influenced by the operation of the nuclear facility, the largemouth bass fishery tends to peak in the early spring and early fall, although good catches can be made during the hot summer months.
Braidwood Lake is closed to all fishing and boat traffic, except for legal waterfowl hunters, from 7 days prior to duck season through the day before duck season and is closed to all fishing during waterfowl season commencing with regular duck season through the close of the Canada goose and regular duck season.
www.willontheweb.com /fishing/fishingspots.html   (2069 words)

  
 BRAIDWOOD Acura Dealers (Illinois): Car Price Quotes
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BRAIDWOOD Acura dealers are working hard to find the best possible price for your new car purchase or lease.
If you are ready to locate the closest BRAIDWOOD Acura dealer with the best pricing on cars and trucks, simply enter your ZIP code in the form to the right.
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 Homeschool Social Register
The purpose of this page is to inform people about homeschooling in Braidwood, Illinois.
I do not exercise any control or oversight over what is said here or who says it, unless a problem is brought to my attention.
There is no Wiki for Braidwood, Illinois yet.
www.homeschoolmedia.net /register/wiki.phtml?locale=6561   (125 words)

  
 Illinois Coal Mining Towns on Route 66
is Braidwood, a town founded in 1865 when a rich vein of coal was discovered by quite by accident.
In 1865 William Henneberry was digging a water well on the Thomas Byron farm, when he found instead, rich fl coal and the boom was on.
In the beginning, Braidwood was a wild and wooly town filled with immigrants from all over the world, along with their varying political, religious, and cultural ideals.
www.legendsofamerica.com /IL-CoalMineTowns.html   (1070 words)

  
 Braidwood, IL Houses, Apartments, Cars, Mortgage Status, and Residents Info
Back to: Braidwood main page, Illinois, Illinois smaller cities, Illinois small towns, All US cities.
Median gross rent in Braidwood, IL in 2000: $597
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 Braidwood Homes for Sale. Real Estate in Braidwood, Illinois
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Rare new construction in braidwood in a new subdivision huge quad level,...
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 braidwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The town of Braidwood, Illinois was developed during the coal mining boom from 1870 to 1910.
The town was named for James Braidwood, a civil engineer and pioneer coal mine operator.
The first coal in this area was accidentally discovered in Braidwood in 1864 by William Hennebry, who was contracted by the Thomas Byron farm to drill a water well.
www.coalcity.lib.il.us /coalmining/pages/braidwood/braidwood.html   (91 words)

  
 Braidwood, IL (Will County) - city travel guide - ePodunk
Illinois > All counties > Will County > Braidwood, IL Braidwood, IL
Braidwood, with a population of 5,203, is in the Chicago metro area
Churches, other places of worship in or near Braidwood
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 g-shaft candy
G-Shaft candy originated in Braidwood, Illinois in the late 1800's.
Harriet and William Williamson came to Braidwood in 1872, where William worked as a hoisting engineer at the Chicago and Wilmington Coal Company's "I" shaft.
When she had left England to immigrate to the United States, her father gave her the recipe for a hard, brown candy called "Bull's Eye", reportedly telling her that she may need it someday to support herself.
www.coalcity.lib.il.us /coalmining/pages/braidwood/g-shaft.html   (343 words)

  
 Bruce A. Myers
I have also completed some graduate studies in education at Governor's State University, and I am currently a graduate student pursuing a master's in mathematics education from Eastern Illinois University.
Brent is a security officer at the nuclear power plant in Braidwood, Illinois.
And lastly, Brandon is a police officer in Braidwood, Illinois (we are not from Braidwood - it is purely coincidence that two of my brothers worker there).
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