Madison, Indiana Dike
| Description: |
This is a picture of the dike at Madison, Indiana from the Kentucky side looking across the Ohio River to Madison, Indiana. The ferryboat Trimble is making her way across the river in the background. Mrs. Herbert M. Flora and daughter sit in the rowboat while Mr. Flora takes the picture. The dike curved out from the Milton, Kentucky side of the river in a downstream direction. It was nearly a quarter of a mile long. It was made of wooden barriers filled with rock and other debris. It disappeared in the 1920s. Photograph taken circa 1890 |
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| Origin: | 1890 |
| Created By: |
Herbert M. Flora, photographer |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4038coll5/id/349 |
| Collection: |
River to Rail and Lemen Collection |
| Copyright: |
Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. Please contact at 420 W. Main St., Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744. |
| Geography: |
Kentucky-Trimble County-Milton |
| Subjects: |
Dikes (Engineering) Ohio River Madison (Ind.) |
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