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2. McAlpine Locks and Dam - Wikipedia

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   The McAlpine Locks and Dam are a set of locks and a hydroelectric dam at the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. They are located at mile point 606.8, and control a 72.9 miles (117.3 km) long navigation pool. The locks and their associated canal were the first major engineering project on the Ohio River, completed in 1830 as the ...

3. Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area

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   The Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area is a national, bi-state area on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States, administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Federal status was awarded in 1981. The falls were designated a National Natural ...

4. Historic Locust Grove - Wikipedia

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   March 11, 1971 [ 3 ] Designated NHL. June 23, 1986 [ 2 ] Historic Locust Grove is a 55- acre 18th-century farm site and National Historic Landmark situated in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky in what is now Louisville. The site is owned by the Louisville Metro government, and operated as a historic interpretive site by Historic Locust Grove, Inc.

5. List of locks and dams of the Ohio River - Wikipedia

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   The Act allowed the production of a system of locks and dams along the Ohio. In 1929, the canalization project on the Ohio River was finished. The project produced 51 wooden wicket dams and 600 foot by 110 foot lock chambers along the length of the river. During the 1940s, a shift from steam propelled to diesel powered towboats allowed for tows ...

6. Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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   September 8, 1959. ( 1959-September-08) Designated NHP. October 15, 1966. ( 1966-October-15) Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park is a designated U.S. historic park preserving two separate farm sites in LaRue County, Kentucky, where Abraham Lincoln was born and lived early in his childhood. He was born at the Sinking Spring site ...

7. The Merriwether House on River Road is an important ... - AOL

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   In 1910, 61,000 Black people lived outside of Louisville in rural Jefferson County, the Merriwether House nomination states, and they maintained a strong presence there until the 1930s when the ...