Asbestos Exposure Sites in Illinois
Our records contain 258 asbestos exposure sites in Illinois, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.
Asbestos in Illinois
For decades, Illinois buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many Illinois residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.
The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so Illinois workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of Illinois asbestos exposure sites include:
- Illinois factories
- Powerplants in Illinois
- Refineries or Chemical Plants in Illinois
Below is a list of 258 known sites of asbestos exposure in Illinois. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 106 Illinois cities, though the number is likely even higher.
The Illinois city with the most asbestos exposure sites was Chicago, IL, with 59 known sites contaminated by asbestos.
If you know of another Illinois asbestos site, please contact us so that we can update our records.
| Site Name | City |
| A.E. Staley | Decatur |
| Abbott Laboratories | North Chicago |
| Abex Plant/Amsco Steel | Chicago Heights |
| Allis-Chalmers Assembly Plant | Springfield |
| Alton Box Board Plant/Jefferson Smurfit | Alton |
| Aluminum Ore Plant | East St. Louis |
| American Can Plant | Maywood |
| American Marietta Paint Plant | Kankakee |
| American Oil Company (AMOCO) aka Standard Oil | Wood River |
| American Steel | Granite City |
| Ameron/Cips Power Plant | Meredosia |
| Amoco Chemical | Joliet |
| Anaconda Ericsson Wire & Cable Plant | Sycamore |
| AO Smith-Granite | Granite City |
| Apple River Chemical Plant | East Dubuque |
| Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) | Decatur |
| Argo Corn Products Power Plant | Argo |
| Argonne National Lab | Chicago |
| Armour Manufacturing Plant | Chicago |
| AT&T Hawthorne Works Plant | Chicago |
| B&O Railroad | Chicago |
| Baldwin Power Plant | Decatur |
| Baldwin Powerhouse | Baldwin |
| Ball Glass Company | Hillsboro |
| Barry Steam Plant | Winfield |
| Bedger Plant Cooper's Refinery | Chicago |
| Benchmark Company | Oakbrook |
| Biron Construction | Chicago |
| Blawn-Knox Foundry | East Chicago |
| Blue Island School | Blue Island |
| Byrd Piston Ring Foundry | Rockford |
| Cahokia Powerhouse | Sauget |
| Cahokia Public Water District | Cahokia |
| Calumet Shipyard | Chicago |
| Campbell’s Soup Plant | Chicago |
| Carnegie Steel | Chicago |
| Carriage House Motel | Chicago |
| Case Company | Rockford |
| Caterpillar Experimental Plant | Mossville |
| Caterpillar Manufacturing Plant | Peoria |
| Caterpillar Plant | Aurora |
| Caterpillar Tractor Company | Aurora |
| CB&Q Railroad | Ottawa |
| Centralia School District | Centralia |
| Centralia Steam | Centralia |
| Chicago Bridge & Iron | Ferndale |
| Chicago Coit Carpet & Drapery | Chicago |
| Chicago Powerhouse | Chicago |
| Chrysler Corporation | Belvedere |
| Chrysler Dealer | Murphysboro |
| Chrysler Plant | Belvidere |
| Citizen's Bank | Decatur |
| City Of Springfield - CWLP Power Plant | Springfield |
| Clark Oil Refinery | Blue Island |
| Clark Refinery aka Sinclair Refinery | Hartford |
| Clinton Power Plant | Clinton |
| Coffeen Powerhouse | Coffeen |
| Coffeen Powerhouse | Litchen |
| ComED Dresdent Nuclear Powerplant | Chicago |
| Commonwealth Edison | Cicero |
| Commonwealth Edison | Waukegan |
| Commonwealth Edison | Morris |
| Commonwealth Edison | Joliet |
| Commonwealth Edison | Cordova |
| Commonwealth Edison | Chicago |
| Commonwealth Edison Braidwood Station | Braceville |
| Commonwealth Edison Kincaid Station | Kincaid |
| Commonwealth Edison Power Plant (Romeoville Plant) | Romeoville |
| Commonwealth Edison Power Plant (Station No. 9) | Rockdale |
| Community Builders | Skokie |
| Container Paper Mill | Chicago |
| Continental Can Co | West Chicago |
| Continental Can Co | Oak Brook |
| Continental Can Co | Chicago |
| Continental Can Plant | Chicago |
| Cordova Nuclear Powerhouse | Cordova |
| Crawford Station Power Plant | Chicago |
| Cyclone Pipe | Chicago |
| Danly Machine | Chicago |
| Danville Powerhouse | Danville |
| Dresden Nuclear Plant | Kankee |
| Dresden Nuclear Plant | Morris |
| Dresden Nuclear Power Plant | Dresden |
| Dubuque Powerhouse | Dubuque |
| Duck Creek Power Plant | Peoria |
| Durable Rubber | Chicago |
| E J Brach & Sons | Chicago |
| East St. Louis Pipeline | Springfield |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Oak Brook |
| Edison Powerhouse | Springfield |
| Edward Power Station | Bartonville |
| Electric Energy, Inc. (EEI) | Joppa |
| Equitable Insurance Building | Chicago |
| Evanston Northwestern Healtcare | Evanston |
| Fabick Machinery | Marion |
| Fairchild AFB | Davenport |
| Fansteel Metallurgical Shop | Waukegan |
| Firestone Electric Wheel | Quincy |
| Forty-Eight Insulation Plant | North Aurora |
| Forty-Eight Insulators Plant | Aurora |
| Gates Rubber Company | Gayleburg |
| General Electric Appliance Plant | Chicago |
| General Electric Plant | Chicago |
| General Mills Food Plant | West Chicago |
| General Motors Fisher Body Plant | Willow Springs |
| General Motors Plant | Chicago |
| General Motors Plant | Brookfield |
| General Motors Plant | La Grange |
| Glidden Paint Company | Rockford |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | Mt. Vernon |
| Goodyear Plant | Joliet |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Plant | Henry |
| Grand Tower Power Station | Grand Tower |
| Granite City Steel aka National Steel | Granite City |
| Great Lakes Naval Training Center | Chicago |
| Great Lakes Power Plant | Waukegan |
| Green Brothers Steel Foundry | Rockford |
| Greenlee Brothers | Rockford |
| Gunite Foundry | Rockford |
| Havana Powerhouse | Havana |
| Hawthorne Works Plant | Chicago |
| Hotpoint Appliance Factory | Chicago |
| IBM Building | Chicago |
| Illinois Central Railroad | Centralia |
| Illinois Packing Company | Chicago |
| Illinois Power | Coffeen |
| Illinois Power & Light Powerhouse | Havana |
| Illinois Power & Light- Venice Powerhouse | Venice |
| Illinois Power Company | East Alton |
| Inland Steel Mill | Chicago |
| International Harvester | Rock Island |
| International Harvester Company | Melrose Park |
| International Harvester Plant | Chicago |
| International Harvester Tractor Plant | Chicago |
| International Truck & Engine Corp. | Chicago |
| John Deere Foundry | Moline |
| John Deere Plant | Moline |
| John Deere Tractor Factory | Aurora |
| Johns-Manville | Waukegan |
| Johns-Manville Pipe Plant | Waukegan |
| Johns-Manville Plant | Null |
| Johns-Manville Plant | Madison County |
| Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Plant | Bedford Park |
| Johnson & Johnson Plant | Romeoville |
| Joliet Arsenal | Joliet |
| Joliet Powerhouse | Joliet |
| Joppa Power Plant | Joppa |
| Joppa Steam Electric Station | Joppa |
| Kincaid Steam Plant | Kincaid |
| Laclede Steel Plant | Alton |
| Lake Of Egypt Powerhouse aka REA Powerhouse | Marion |
| Lakeside Powerhouse | Springfield |
| Libby Owens Ford Glass Plant | Marseilles |
| Libby-Owens Glass Plant | Ottawa |
| Madison Foundry | Rockford |
| Marathon Oil | Roberts |
| Marathon Oil Refinery | Robinson |
| Marion City Water | Marion |
| Marion Powerhouse | Marion |
| Marshall Fields Department Store | Chicago |
| Meredosia Powerhouse | Meredosia |
| Midwest Rubber | Sauget |
| Mobil Oil Refinery | Joliet |
| Mobil Oil Refinery | East St. Louis |
| Mobil Oil Refinery | Chicago |
| Monsanto Chemical Plant | Sauget |
| Montgomery Ward Building | Chicago |
| Mueller Foundry | Decatur |
| National Enameling/Stamping Company (NESCO) | Granite City |
| National Stockyards (Armor Building) | East St. Louis |
| Naval Training Center | Great Lakes |
| Northern Illinois University | De Kalb |
| Northern Petro-Chemical Plant | Morris |
| Northwestern Steel & Wire | Sterling |
| O & H Foundry | Rockford |
| O’Hare International Airport | Chicago |
| Olin | Alton |
| Olin Corporation aka Western Cartige | East Alton |
| Ottawa Chemical Plant | Ottawa |
| Owens-Illinois Glass Plant | Streator |
| Owens-Illinois Glass Works | Alton |
| Owens-Illinois Plant | Alton |
| Pennsylvania Rail Road | Springfield |
| Peoria Power Plant | Peoria |
| Perk Foods Company | Chicago |
| Petro Chemical Plant | Joliet |
| Petro Chemical Refinery | Tuscola |
| Powerton Power Plant | Pekin |
| Powerton Powerhouse | Peoria |
| Pressed Steel Car Company | Mt. Vernon |
| Proctor & Gamble Plant | Chicago |
| Pure Oil Refinery | Chicago |
| Pure Oil Refinery | Lemont |
| Pure Oil Refinery | Lockport |
| Quad City Nuclear Powerhouse | Cordova |
| REA Powerhouse | Lake Of Egypt |
| Republic Steel | Chicago |
| Republic Steel Mill | Chicago |
| Reynolds Aluminum Plant | Mccook |
| Reynolds Metals Plant | Chicago |
| RG Construction Services | Chicago |
| Rock Island Millworks | Rock Island |
| Rockford Drop Forge | Rockford |
| Roth Rubber Plant | Cicero |
| Scott Air Force Base | Belleville |
| Sears, Roebuck Tower | Chicago |
| Shell Oil Company | Roxana |
| Shell Oil Field | Norris City |
| Shell Oil Refinery | Wood River |
| Shell Oil Refinery | Woodriver |
| Skil Tool | Chicago |
| Southern Illinois Power Co-Op | Marion |
| Southern Illinois University | Carbondale |
| Southern Union Gas Co | Bloomfield |
| Springfield Powerhouse | Springfield |
| St. John’s Hospital | Springfield |
| Staley Corn Products Corn Refining Plant | Decatur |
| Standard Oil Refinery | East Chicago |
| Standard Steel Springs | Madison |
| State Of Illinois Power Plant | Springfield |
| Stauffer Chemical Plant | Chicago Heights |
| Steelcraft Inc | Springfield |
| Sunstrand Machine Tool co | Rockford |
| Texaco Tank Farm | Lockport |
| Thomas A. Edison Nuclear Power Plant | Chicago |
| Trojan Power Plant | Wolf Lake |
| True Value Hardware | Decatur |
| U.S. Industrial Chemical Plant | Tuscola |
| U.S. Steel | Waukegan |
| U.S. Steel Mill | Chicago |
| U.S. Steel Mill | Joliet |
| U.S. Steel Mill | Granite City |
| U.S.I. Engineering Plant | Tuscola |
| Union Oil | Joliet |
| Union Oil Refinery | Lamont |
| United States Steel | Chicago |
| University Of Chicago | Chicago |
| University Of Illinois | Champaign |
| University Of Illinois | Urbana |
| University Of Illinois Power Plant | Champaign |
| US Reduction aluminum Smelter | East Chicago |
| VA Hospital | Hines |
| Valley Mold and Iron | Chicago |
| Vanron Inc | Rockford |
| Velsicol Chemical Plant | Paris |
| W F Hall Printing Company | Chicago |
| Wabash Railroad | Various |
| Walworth Company/ Walworth Boilers (Kewanee Boilers) | Kewanee |
| Ward Bakery | Chicago |
| West Franklin Powerhouse | West Franklin |
| Western Electric | Cicero |
| Western Electric Corporation | Chicago |
| Wilson & Co.Inc. | Chicago |
| Wisconsin Steel | Chicago |
| Wisconsin Steel Works | Chicago |
| Wood River Powerhouse | Wood River |
| Wyman-Gordon Plant | Harvey |
| York Electronics | Decatur |
