Rural H Historic c Struct tural S Survey - Will County Land Use
Rural H Historic c Struct tural S Survey - Will County Land Use
Rural H Historic c Struct tural S Survey - Will County Land Use
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Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.<br />
Former Farmsteads on the Arsenal Site<br />
As part of the intensive rural survey of Florence Township, 1939 aerial photography of the township was<br />
compared to present-day aerial photography. The 1939 aerial photography was used to identify farmstead<br />
sites that existed just prior to the establishment of the arsenal in 1940–1941. Comparing to the presentday<br />
photography, it was clear that some former farmstead sites were obliterated completely by arsenal-era<br />
construction. However, other sites were located in wooded, undeveloped areas of the arsenal site. Field<br />
survey work was conducted to determine if above ground evidence of these former sites still exists.<br />
Unfortunately, some potential sites were inaccessible during the field work due to restrictions on access or<br />
physical constraints such as flooded trails or missing bridges. The following table lists the sites with<br />
identified surviving above-ground features. In the table, Y-RUINS indicates that the former farmstead site<br />
was located in the field and that some above-ground evidence of built structures was observed; X-1940<br />
indicates that the farmstead site either could not be located in the field or that no above-ground evidence<br />
survives.<br />
Refer also to Map 3 in Appendix B.<br />
<strong>Will</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Struct</strong>ural <strong>Survey</strong><br />
Page 44 Florence Township
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