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Joliet , city (1990 pop. 76,836), seat of Will co., NE Ill., on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1857. It is a river port and an industrial shipping center, with limestone quarries and coal mines in the area, but riverboat casino gambling is now the city's primary industry. Machinery, electronic and transportation equipment, chemicals, and metal and paper products are made in Joliet, and there are oil refineries. Joliet is the seat of the College of St. Francis, and there are several state correctional facilites in or near the city.

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Joliet, Illinois/USA Settled in 1833 and named Juliet after Juliet Campbell, the daughter of a settler. In 1845 it was renamed after Louis Jolliet (1645–1700), the French‐Canadian explorer and from 1697 royal hydrographer of New France, who passed through the area in 1673. Jolliet also spelt his name Joliet and Joliette. Nearby is the town of Romeoville!

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