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[blackhawks]

Let's just be grateful that our southern IL brethren are gracious enough to host most of our prisons.

Pretty certain that this is the one Dr. Richard Kimble was on his way to when the prison bus had that unfortunate encounter with the train.

https://www.mapquest.com/us/illinois/shawnee-correctional-center-305993609

Of course that dam was bullshit. Though I wouldn't doubt that some southern Illini wondered 'when did they build that and where is it?'

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106977/goofs

There are no dams like the one Kimball jumps off of in Illinois. It's way too high and the gorge way too deep. Illinois is basically flat with little hills in S. Illinois.


Although the movie is set in Chicago, many of the scenes show large hills and mountains. Illinois is flat through most of the state, but in the beginning scenes in Southern Illinois, the area is rugged and hilly. (The scenes were filmed in North Carolina).

[Porgie Tirebiter]

"somehow Chicago always winds up being the poster child for corruption. I wonder why that is?"

Maybe 'cause where there's smoke there's fire?