Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon
| Description: |
An old level from New Harmony; the longest railway tunnel in Indiana; and two places named Georgetown, Indiana. Image Access WideTEK 25 The Tri-State. Illinois Indiana Evansville Kentucky. Send in your oddities, in photo sketch or the object. Of places, people, animals, antiques, growths, history, places, scenes, rare things etc. Fred E. Cook, of New Harmony, sent in a photo of an old level used by the Rappites when building the Old Fort and other heavy stone work in New Harmony--125 years ago. The level is of solid iron, weighs over 50 pounds. Reinforced lugs near hand holds permitted to pound the rock level by tapping with a mallet. Narl R. Avery, Huntingburg, Indiana, advises that the longest railroad tunnel in Indiana is near Georgetown on the Southern Railway. And did you know that there are two Georgetowns in Indiana? According to our atlas map here and Georgetown Brown County Indiana Georgetown Floyd New Albany Louisville Evansville Ohio River Kentucky |
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| Origin: | 2013 |
| Created By: |
Karl Kae Knecht |
| Source: |
http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/1922 |
| Collection: |
Karl K. Knecht Collection |
| Copyright: |
Digital Image Copyright 2014 University of Evansville Libraries. All rights reserved. All other material is open to the public without restrictions. Copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. |
| Subjects: |
Oddities Local Affairs Geography Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States |
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