Editing Amboy, Illinois (section)

==History==
Amboy had its start in the 1850s when the [[Illinois Central Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|last=Callary|first=Edward|title=Place Names of Illinois|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvHgwa-XImcC&pg=PA8|date=29 September 2008|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-09070-7|page=8}}</ref> The community's name is a transfer from [[The Amboys|Amboy, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Illinois Central Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3WI3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PT48|year=1922|publisher=Illinois Central Railroad Company|page=43}}</ref>

The Illinois Central facility in Amboy served as the railroad's division headquarters for the railroad's region. The building was saved from demolition and is a museum. The actual railroad and trainyard were abandoned and removed in the early 90's.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maps.roadtrippers.com/us/amboy-il/points-of-interest/amboy-depot-museum|title = Amboy Depot Museum}}</ref>

[[File:303 East Main St., Amboy, IL - c. 1910.jpg|left|thumb|303 East Main St., Amboy, IL - c. 1910]]

Amboy was the site of an ammunition factory for World War II - The [[Green River Ordinance Plant]]. It was roughly bordered by Sterling Rd to the south, Bataan Rd to the East, and Bataan Rd. to the North and West of the facility. The facility employed 4500 people at one time. The facility was completed on Dec. 15, 1942 and used until VJ day in August 1945.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.rockfordpubliclibrary.org/localhistory/?p=68866|title=Green River Ordnance Plant (GROP) history – Wikipedia, & NIU collection (DeKalb, IL)|date=31 May 2018}}</ref>

The plant is also known as the place where [[Vesta Stoudt]] first invented modern [[duct tape]]. [https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/vesta-stoudt-the-woman-who-invented-duct-tape#:~:text=The%20iconic%20tape%20was%20invented,Ordnance%20Plant%20near%20Amboy%2C%20Illinois.]