Granite City
a city of Illinois, in Madison co. It is opposite St. Louis, Mo., and is on the Chicago and Alton, the Chicago, Peoria, and St. Louis, the Cleveland, Cincinnati Chicago, and St.
Louis, and other railroads. It is an imtures include iron, steel, tin plate, and GRANT portant industrial city and its manufac- the two Sikh wars. During the operatures include iron, steel, tin plate, and granite ware. It has also a large cornproducts refinery, and bridge works. Among its institutions is a p public hostel. pital. Pop. (1910) 9,903; (1920) 14,757.