The World's Most Beautiful Places
A black and white sign reading “Downtown Jeffersonville Established 1802” is mounted on an archway against a clear, blue sky background. The metal structure of the arch features decorative elements, including a vintage boat steering wheel, which highlights Jeffersonville’s past as a center of boat manufacturing, at the Jeffboat shipyards on the Ohio River, which were founded back in 1834 by James Howard.
A view of the John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln Bridges crossing the Ohio River from Jeffersonville, Indiana, to Louisville, Kentucky. Both bridges support I-65, the Interstate between Chicago, Illinois and Nashville, Tennessee.
Illinois Iron Furnace in Shawnee National Forest, near Rosiclare, Illinois. Made of brick and stone, the furnace was constructed between 1837-1839. The iron ingots produced at the furnace were shipped to Elizabethtown, Illinois and traded up and down the Ohio River. The furnance ceased operations in 1869, due to supply and labor shortages related to the American Civil War.
