But the most important ingredient is probably the Illinois and Michigan Canal (completed in 1848), which provides a continuous connection from New York to the Gulf of Mexico, passing the Lake Michigan. Later on there was a source of yellow dolomite discovered which was used in the Chicago Water Tower.
If you visit the local website, you'll see that "the village of faith" is Lemont's second name; apparently there are many different fatihs covered by the population.
Okay, that's what I would call a pretty short summary of the wikipedia-article ;-)
To be honest, I haven't seen any yellow limestone or any great shipping route yet - but the entrance to the Waterfall Glen County Forest Preserve surrounding the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). No wonder, that the ANL seems to be one of the area's main employees, as there are four greater divisions (and the ANL ist the largest in the Midwest!):
- Computing, Environment and Life Sciences
- Energy Engineerin and System Analysis
- Photon Sciences
- Physical Sciences and Engineering (and "Nanoscience and Technology" where I will work is a part of this one)
Back to Lemont: There's a quite nice "downtown" with a cinema and nice, small stores, but still I have to get there somehow. I know about the existence of a bus which I can order with a phone call! And I shall not forget the train station about 9 km from my hotel... And the huge shopping area, just 6 km off from here.
Thus, we will get my bike fixed and this section will expand ;-)
