The World's Most Beautiful Places
The 109 year-old Skuller’s Clock was installed by Harry Skuller, a Lexington Jewelry store owner, back in 1913. The clock has gone through various modifications over the years, and had to be partially restored after a violent storm damaged it in 1974. The eyes, a distinct feature of the clock, were part of advertisement for an optometrist (Dr. L. H. Echols) that was associated with the jewelry store. Lexington is located in the state of Kentucky.
Ruins of the Front Street Pumping Station, Cincinnati’s first publically-owned water utility system. The station, located on the banks of the Ohio River operated from 1865-1907. It consisted of two steam pumps, three and a half miles of iron pipe, and 19 miles of wooden pipe. Daily it provided over one million gallons of water.
Black (Pugh’s Mill) Covered Bridge near Oxford, Ohio. The bridge was originally built n 1868 to provide access to a saw and grist mill owned by James B. Pugh on Four Mile (Talawanda) Creek. The bridge unlike many covered bridges, remains in its original location, and was restored by the city of Oxford, in 2000. The bridge incorporate two wooden truss designs, the Childs and Long Truss styles. It is one of the longest and tallest covered bridges in Ohio.