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Camp Nelson National Monument, formerly the Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park, is a 525-acre (2.12 km 2) national monument, historical museum and park located in southern Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Lexington, Kentucky.
The name crib is derived from the function of the structure—to surround and protect the intake shaft. Cities supplied with drinking water collected by water cribs include Chicago, where two of the nine originally built cribs are in active use. [1] Water cribs were also used as residences for caretakers who would live in the structure year round.
Camp Nelson can refer to: Camp Nelson, California, U.S. Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery in Lonoke County, Arkansas, U.S. Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Jessamine ...
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CLEVELAND– Since its discovery in 1992, the wreckage of a schooner 20 miles north of Cleveland in Lake Erie has never been positively identified. Located beneath 70 feet of water, the wreckage ...
Tinker's Creek is the largest tributary of the Cuyahoga River, the river which flows through Cleveland and into Lake Erie. Because of its glacial history, the course of the Cuyahoga River is unusual: it rises in Geauga County, Ohio, flows southward into the city of Akron, Ohio, and then abruptly turns northward and flows into Lake Erie.
The North Pier, a popular spot for fishing along the channel between Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay, is scheduled to undergo $3.9 million worth of construction in 2024.
Crib construction had been perfected on the Great Lakes on such earlier lights as White Shoal Light, Stannard Rock Light, and Rock of Ages Light, which was developed by Engineer Col. Orlando M. Poe. The tip of the lantern vent is 85 feet (26 m) high above the lake. It has a three-story dwelling and is brick with a steel frame.