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Re: Where are we?

June 23 2009 at 9:41 AM

WVaRay  (Login WVaRay)
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The ship & barge are definitely in Kentucky, the office/gift ship is in Indiana. Boundary between the two states was 'originally' set with a water level mark on the Indiana and Ohio side of the Ohio River (this also holds true for the West Virginia segment of the river). The river has changed course over the years (but the boundary does not shift with the course change). So those segments originally belonging to Kentucky (even though they may now be on the 'wrong' side of the river), still belong to Kentucky. The Ohio River in this section was prone to changing course and so some pieces of land near the ship are actually in Kentucky (the quonset hut cigarette shop is one example). Hope this helps. From Ray - the former college geography professor.


 
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