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Historic Coca Cola Bottling Plant – Shelbyville – Kentucky

Historic Coca Cola Bottling Plant - Shelbyville - Kentucky

A historic brick Coca-Cola Bottling Plant located in Shelbyville, Kentucky with a raised-relief Coca-Cola Logo and mortared bottles on the exterior facade. The building was constructed in 1937, and operated as bottling plant until 1970. In 2003 the building was repurposed as affordable housing, and is now known as the Cola Apartments.

Doorway Arch, Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption – Covington, Kentucky

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Doorway Arch of the St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, in Covington, Kentucky. The tympanum relief sculpture depicts Mary’s assumption into Heaven and was carved in 1914 by a local artist Clement Barnhorn.

Old Stone Bridge, Louisville to Nashville Turnpike – Kentucky

Old Stone Bridge, Louisville to Nashville Turnpike - Kentucky

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One of the oldest bridges in the state of Kentucky, it can be found outside of military base of Fort Knox, along what remains of the old Louisville to Nashville Turnpike. As the name implies, the turnpike ran between Louisville, Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee. There were two segments, known today as Highway 31 West and 31 East. The turnpike was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Civil War, and the bridge dates back to before that time period. It was also traveled by President Andrew Jackson on several occasions. The western turnpike passed through Elizabethtown, Bowling Green, Glasgow Junction, and Franklin. And the eastern turnpike ran through Bardstown, Buffalo, Glasgow, and Scottsville