The World's Most Beautiful Places
A plaque commemorating the founding of the city of Louisville, Kentucky in 1780. Located on the former site of Fort Nelson, the official location of Louisville’s founding by George Rogers Clark. It was the second fort founded in the area, and eventually would be replaced by Fort Finney in 1784. Located on the opposite side of the Ohio River, it was located on the site of what would eventually become Jeffersonville, Indiana.
A foggy spring sunrise at Deam Lake State Recreation Area north of Jeffersonville, and New Albany, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky. Deam Lake, a 194-acre lake was constructed in 1965 and named after Charles Deam, Indiana’s first state forester. Deam is best known for his book, Trees of Indiana, a comprehensive study of trees throughout the state. He is also known for his work in setting aside land for for Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources.
The 14th Street Railroad Bridge at Sunset, crossing the Ohio River from Clarksville, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky. The Fourteenth Street Bridge, also known as the Ohio Falls Bridge, was completed in 1870, by the Louisville Bridge Company. It was originally operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, but is currently owned by the Louisville and Indiana Railroad. The drawbridge portion on the south side of the river, which allows barges to pass through the McAlpine Locks and Dam, was built in 1918, and operates as a vertical-lift span. The McAlpine Locks and Dam, were built to allow ships to navigate past the Falls of the Ohio, a series of rapids in the Ohio River that pose a serious obstacle to boat traffic in this section of the river.