BARTONVILLE, Ill. (WMBD) -- Congressman Eric Sorensen toured the Liberty Steel and Wire Monday as the company explores moving its headquarters to Peoria County.

State Sen. Dave Koehler and Rep. Sharon Chung were also on the tour. Koehler said it was to make sure the 17th District Congressman saw the Liberty Steel plant, all of the jobs at the facility and the moves that are being considered.

The tour of the Bartonville facility showed off some of the nearly 2 million square feet of manufacturing space and roughly 60,000 square feet of office space that sits on 1,309 acres.

Liberty Steel takes recycled scrap metal, melts it and refines it into wire that can be used in agricultural products like fencing, fabric panels and barbed wire.

There were about 862 people who worked at the facilit

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