Farm Creek Section
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| Farm Creek Section | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark) | |
| Nearest city: | East Peoria, Illinois |
| Designated as NHL: | December 09, 1997[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | February 06, 1992[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 91002039 |
| Governing body: | ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS |
Farm Creek Section is a hillside in East Peoria, Illinois that clearly showed geological strata. It was noticed and described by geologist Frank Leverett.... It is nationally significant for its ...
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.[1][3]
It is located south of downtown East Peoria on Illinois Route 8 between School Street and Bittersweet Road.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Farm Creek Section. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ Joanne Kluessendorf and Kira Badamo (August 20, 1991), National Historic Landmark Nomination: Farm Creek Section / Farm Creek/Farmdale Geologic ExposurePDF (115 KiB), National Park Service. Accompanying 3 photos, from c.1898 and 1991.PDF (863 KiB)
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