Photo Credit: Courtesy of Three Oakes Recreation Area
Have you ever wondered what happens to a stone quarry when it reaches the end of its productive mining life? In most cases, fill is added and the land redeveloped for another use. But every once in a while, the continual scraping along the mine’s bottom eventually wears; a puncture is made to the water table below, and a lake is created.
To local fishermen, this is a gift from the heavens. For a local government, however, a new problem emerges—what do you do with the flooded property?
For one Illinois community, a flooded quarry spawned an idea: why not turn this into something that can generate revenue and attract new business?
