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Monday, April 20, 2015

Union, Illinois

From Wikipedia

Population 2010 at 580, an increase from 576.

it is the site of the world's first fully automated substation on the current site of the water tower by East Main Street.

It is also home of the Illinois Railway Museum and the McHenry County Historical Society and Museum located in an old school.

It was platted in 1851 as a station on the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, but failed to prosper.  Incorporated in 1897.

--Old Secesh

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