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Purple-clad people crossing the Newport Southbank Bridge Stereoscopic image of the bridge before its 1897 reconstruction. The Purple People Bridge is a pedestrian-only bridge that stretches 2,670 feet over the Ohio River , connecting Newport, Kentucky to downtown Cincinnati, Ohio .
Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates John T. Myers Locks and Dam: Point Township and Uniontown: 1977 Uniontown Ferry: Point Township and Uniontown Henderson Bridge (Ohio River)
People on foot and bikes can enter the bridge, closed to vehicles since 2001, from both sides, but travel only a short distance from the Cincinnati side before hitting a barrier, the bridge owner ...
A popular establishment for canallers was located in the Cascade Locks area. Though it originally functioned as a cigar box plant with its own mill race, the Mustill Store was best known as a “swilling place” across from Lock 15. The 1913 flood brought an end to the canal. Several locks were dynamited to prevent inundating the downtown area.
WSP, with more than 150 offices and roots that date back to 1885, worked with the Purple People Bridge owner in 2021 when stone fell from an adjacent pier on the bridge.
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Lockbourne was laid out in the early 1830s. It takes its name from the locks of the Ohio and Erie Canal, on which it was situated. [4] Picway Power Plant, a coal fired power plant, operated in Lockbourne from 1926 to 2015. It was owned by Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric, and later by American Electric Power (AEP). [5]
The village's name was changed to Chilo in 1820 by an act of the Ohio Legislature. [8] By the 1830s, was home of boat building businesses, which swelled the population to several hundred. Chilo had more than thirty houses and two stores. [9] The town was the site of Lock #34 on the Ohio River up until the 1960s, when nearby Meldahl Dam was built.