County: Pulaski
Location: The marker is located in Mound
City, on the east side of IL Route 37 at its intersection
with Fourth Street.
N 37o 05.018
W 089o 10.019
Erected: 01/01/1935 Erected by: State of Illinois
During the Civil War the naval depot of the western river fleet was located at Mound City. Here the keels of three of the famous Eads ironclad gunboats were laid, and the large force of workmen were employed to keep the fleet in fighting trim. The marine ways, still in operation, are 400 yards south of here.
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