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Peoria Illinois
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Peoria is located at 275km southwest of Chicago.
One of the oldest European settlements in the state, Peoria
occupies a pretty location on the Illinois River. Begin your
visit down by the water, at the Riverfront Visitors Center in
downtown. It is situated in a productive farming and coal-mining
region, it is an important port on the inland waterway system
linking the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. It's housed in
the Powell Press Building, a pre-Civil War structure that was
relocated to the riverside and refurbished. Peoria museums
include the Wheels O' Time Museum the African-American Museum
and Hall of Fame and the Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences.
Peoria is a manufacturing, shipping, and cultural center;
products include earth-moving and mining equipment, off-road
vehicles, steel, and wire. The information technology industry
is becoming increasingly important to the city’s economy. The
city is served by the Greater Peoria Regional Airport |
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