Past Event

'Radium City' Film Showing

The film “Radium City” documents the tragedy that took place at the Radium Dial Company in Ottawa, Illinois during the 1920s.

Telling the the stories of the women who worked at the Radium Dial Company, and painted luminous numbers on clocks with radioactive matierial, the film outlines the medical aftermath of these events as well as some of the social and political consequences.

This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact the Canal Corridor Association at 815.223.1851.