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Soldiers and Sailors Monument – Indianapolis – Indiana

August 3, 2022 0 Comments

Soldiers and Sailors Monument - Indianapolis - Indiana

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Soldiers and Sailors Monument located in Monument Circle in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is part of the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza National Historic Landmark District. Built in 1902 it stands more than 284 ft tall. It pays tribute to veterans of the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, the Mexican-American War, and the Spanish-American War. The obelisk-shaped monument is built of oolitic limestone from Owen County, Indiana. Architecturally it is considered neoclassical in design.

The monument includes sculptures of George Rogers Clark, William Henry Harrison, James Whitcomb, and Oliver P. Morton.

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Exterior Sandstone Carving – Howard Steamboat Museum – Jeffersonville – Indiana

July 31, 2022 0 Comments

Exterior Sandstone Carving - Howard Steamboat Museum - Jeffersonville - Indiana

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A sandstone carving of a woman on an exterior brick wall of the Howard mansion in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The home is the location of the Howard Steamboat Museum, which illustrates the accomplishments of the Howard Family and the Howard Ship Yards, which eventually became Jeffboat, a well known business in Jeffersonville for decades. Howard Ship Yard constructed more than 3000 boats, and its successor is the largest inland shipyard in the United States.

The mansion itself is of Victorian architectural style and is located along the waterfront of the Ohio river. Its interior stairway is a replica of the stairway of the steamboat J. M. White.

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Historic Triple Whipple Wrought Iron Truss Bridge – Indiana

July 29, 2022 0 Comments

Historic Triple Whipple Wrought Iron Truss Bridge - Indiana

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Built in 1878 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton Ohio. The Bridge was part of the Old US Highway 50, and is now a pedestrian walking bridge, refurbished in 2009 after a long period of neglect.

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