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Ohio River Greenway Sign – Jeffersonville, Indiana

Ohio River Greenway Sign - Jeffersonville, Indiana

A sign for the Ohio River Greenway, seen along the Ohio River waterfront in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The Ohio River Greenway is a series of connected river front trails between the communities of Jeffersonville, Clarksville, and New Albany, Indiana that share this stretch of the Ohio River with Louisville, Kentucky on the opposite bank. The Ohio River Greenway connects, bikers and walkers to a series of parks along the way, including the Falls of the Ohio, the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Park, and the Loop Island Wetlands.

Exterior Sandstone Carving – Howard Steamboat Museum – Jeffersonville – Indiana

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.

Winter Sunset Ohio River – Louisville – Kentucky

Winter Sunset Ohio River - Louisville - Kentucky

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A winter sunset along the Ohio River as seen from the Big Four Bridge in Jeffersonville, Indiana. In the distance one can see the Abraham Lincoln Bridge and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge which collectively handle the traffic of I-65 traffic coming down from Indianapolis and up from Nashville, Tennesse. Beyond that is downtown Louisville, Kentucky’s largest city.