The World's Most Beautiful Places
A rusty metal utility with the words “City of Jeffersonville Established 1802” includes subtle design elements hinting at 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. Jeffersonville is located in Indiana, across the river from Louisville, Kentucky.
Memorial Hall, completed in 1929, was built on the University of Kentucky Campus, to commemorate those who died during World War I. Its construction was funded largely through individual donations to the university, collected over a 10 year period. Today it serves as a lecture hall, a site for graduation ceremonies for different colleges within the university. The University of Kentucky, with a student body of more than 30,000, is located in Lexington, Kentucky’s second largest city.
A stone tower stands tall amidst the lush greenery, its ancient stonework suggesting a bygone era. Overcast skies loom above, casting a dramatic backdrop for the solitary structure surrounded by trees and underbrush.
The stone overflow tower, along with a nearby retention dam, a walled spring, and the stone foundation of the original City of Frankfort waterworks, were part of Frankfort’s first water system, chartered in 1804. It is believed to be the first public water supply west of the Allegheny Mountains.
