CTA Forest Park Substation

CTA Forest Park Substation is an electrical substation in Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois. CTA Forest Park Substation is situated nearby to the metro station Forest Park station, as well as near the railway station Forest Park CTA Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forest Park station and Forest Home Cemetery.

Forest Park station

Metro station

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Forest Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the village of Forest Park, Illinois and serving the Blue Line. Before the Congress Line was built, it served as terminal for the Garfield Line. Forest Park station is situated 450 feet east of CTA Forest Park Substation.

Forest Home Cemetery

Cemetery

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Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery located at 863 S. Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, United States. Located adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, it straddles the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago. Forest Home Cemetery is situated 1,700 feet southwest of CTA Forest Park Substation.

Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument

Memorial

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The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument and sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Dedicated in 1893, it commemorates the defendants involved in labor unrest who were blamed, convicted, and executed for the still unsolved bombing during the Haymarket Affair. Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument is situated 1,700 feet south of CTA Forest Park Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forest Park and Maywood.

Forest Park

Village

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Forest Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The Forest Park terminal on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway at Des Plaines Avenue.

Maywood

Town

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Maywood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was founded on April 6, 1869, and organized October 22, 1881. The population was 23,512 at the 2020 census.

River Forest

Village

River Forest is a suburban village adjacent to Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,717. Two universities make their home in River Forest, Dominican University and Concordia University Chicago. River Forest is situated 1½ miles north of CTA Forest Park Substation.

CTA Forest Park Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Address: Forest Park, IL 60130
Category: industry
Location: Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.87441° or 41° 52′ 28″ north

Longitude

-87.8184° or 87° 49′ 6″ west

Operator

Chicago Transit Authority

Open location code

86HJV5FJ+QJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1462930850

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Forest Park CTA Station and Forest Park Blue Line Station.

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