Joliet

Joliet, capital of Will county, Illinois, is on Des Plaines River, 35 miles SW. of Chicago by rail, and its water-power is increased by a canal from Lake Michigan. It is the site of the state penitentiary, and has extensive manufactures of flour, steel, rails, wire, stoves, tools, boots and shoes, paper, tiles, cigars, &c. There are large quarries of limestone at Joliet, and a coalfield in the neighbourhood. Pop. (1880) 11,657; (1890) 23,264.