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 Big Quarry Trail Near 183rd and the Calumet (Bishop Ford) Expressway in Thornton, IL The trail begins and ends at Wampum Lake. Download Map & Directions Download Trail Map Thornton
Quarry is one of the largest aggregate quarries in the world, located in Thornton,
IL just south of Chicago. Work at the quarry began in 1924 by Colonel Hodgkins, and
since 1938 has been operated by the Material Service Corporation. The quarry is 1.5 miles
(2.5 km) long, 0.5 miles (1 km) wide, and 400 feet (125 m) deep. Gallagher Asphalt
Corporation has been operating on the grounds of the quarry since 1928. A dryland dike
carries Interstate 80 and Interstate 294 over the quarry. As part of the chicago Deep Tunnel project, both Thornton Quarry and McCook Quarry will serve as reservoirs to reduce the backflow of stormwater and sewage from Chicago area rivers into Lake Michigan. Thornton Transitional Reservoir contributes a 3.1 billion gallon capacity to the system, and is expected to contribute 7.9 billion gallons when the system is completed in 2014. The quarry contains silurian reefs which formed when the Michigan Basin was covered in sea water more than 400 million years ago.
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