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The tower of the Elgin National Watch Company plant went down in October, 1966.
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| The observatory on Watch Street. |
The Elgin National Watch Company supplied the nation with watches and clocks for decades. In its place is a subsidized apartment complex and a shopping center. All that is left is some of the plant's fencing and a historic marker. Up the hill, the legacy it left is a working observatory, built around 1910, that was utilized to calibrate time. The school district still uses it today. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
how cool are these photos and historical info!!!!!
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