East Alton is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2020 census, down from 6,301 in 2010. East Alton was...
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Alton (/ˈɔːltən/ AWL-tən) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 18 miles (29 km) north of St. Louis, Missouri...
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American daily newspaper published seven days a week in Alton, Illinois, serving the St. Louis Metro-East region. It was owned by Civitas Media, based in Davidson...
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feature-length film, shot in Alton, Illinois (1999) Steel City - feature-length film, shot in Alton, East Alton, Godfrey, and Jerseyville, Illinois (2006) The Lucky...
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Western Cartridge Company (category Companies based in Madison County, Illinois)
American manufacturer of small arms and ammunition formerly based in East Alton, Illinois. Founded in 1898, it was the forerunner of the Olin Corporation,...
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Company closed the Lowell plant in 1927 and moved its machinery to East Alton, Illinois. Western Cartridge would make the ammo and US Cartridge would distribute...
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Lewis and Clark Community College (category Community colleges in Illinois)
Illinois; community education centers in Alton, Illinois, Carlinville, Illinois and Jerseyville, Illinois; a training center in Bethalto, Illinois; a...
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miles (14 km) to Alton. Illinois Route 111 joins with Illinois Route 140 from the south, connecting the village to the rest of the Metro East. It leads south...
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Collinsville. Edwardsville is home to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. To the north, Alton is known for its abolitionist and American Civil...
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Alton Community Unit School District #11 in Madison County, Illinois is a public school district consisting of seven elementary schools, one high school...
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The Alton Railroad (reporting mark A) was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Missouri...
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WESTERN Western Cartridge Company – East Alton, Illinois W-W Winchester-Western Company (1965–present) – East Alton, Illinois WRA Co. or WRA Winchester Repeating...
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Alton Regional Multimodal Transportation Center, also known as Alton station, is a station in Alton, Illinois, that is served by Amtrak's Lincoln Service...
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employer in New Haven, decided to move its main production line to East Alton, Illinois. After a machinists' strike in the late 1970s, the factory was sold...
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manufacture began during World War II at the Olin Corporation plant in East Alton, Illinois. Population growth of the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area...
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2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-09-11. Western Ammunition Handbook (3rd ed.). East Alton, Illinois: Western Cartridge Company. pp. 54–63. Kopsch, Paul. "Interview with...
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East St. Louis. Illinois Route 143 passes through the center of Wood River as Madison Avenue, leading northwest 5 miles (8 km) to the center of Alton...
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The Alton Blues were a minor league baseball team based in Alton, Illinois. In 1917, the Blues played as members of the Class B level Illinois-Indiana-Iowa...
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bordered to the east by Bethalto, to the south by Wood River, to the west by East Alton, and to the north by Cottage Hills. Illinois Routes 111 and 140...
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of Alton and west 17 miles (27 km) to Grafton. Illinois Route 100 follows the Mississippi River along the southern edge of the village, leading east into...
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Monmouth, Beardstown, Jacksonville, Alton, and East St. Louis. US 67 was created in 1926, but it did not extend into Illinois until 1931. That year, US 67 signs...
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American Rifleman, November 1931 Western Ammunition Handbook (3rd ed.). East Alton, Illinois: Western Cartridge Company. pp. 54–63. Barr, Al; Teesdale, Jerald;...
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Avenue in Alton, Illinois. It was built in 1834–1835 by Henry Caswell and John Higham. It was a double-dwelling building, with John Higham on the east side...
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dotting the counties. Argosy Casino (Alton) Harrah's (Metropolis) Casino Queen (East St. Louis) Southernmost Illinois - Things To Do Map of Shawnee Hills...
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are operating in the U.S. state of Illinois. A&R Terminal Railroad (ART) AgRail (AGRL) Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR) Alton and Southern Railway (ALS) Belt Railway...
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Shurtleff College (1827–1957), in Alton, was absorbed by Southern Illinois University when its campus became the SIU Alton Residence Center, one of the two...
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near, but not at the termini of Illinois Route 100 and Illinois Route 140) in Alton. Its eastern terminus at Illinois Route 127 at a rural intersection...
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cartridges after the war. Manufacturing operations moved in 1969 from East Alton, Illinois, to the St. Marks Powder plant in Crawfordville, Florida. Olin's...
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Ammunition (1999). Winchester Components Catalog. Winchester Ammunition, East Alton, Illinois 62024. "SAAMI". Newtown, Connecticut: Sporting Arms and Ammunition...
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Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine is an academic unit of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) located in Alton, Illinois, United...
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