Exploring your surroundings can be the best way to discover things you don’t know about and uncover the past. But it’s not everyday you come upon a 110-year-old shipwreck chilling in the middle of an Ohio River tributary.
To see the incredible ship and learn more about its past, scroll below:
A kayaker and friends were paddling around when they found a very old shipwreck in the Ohio River.
The Coast Guard is responding to a barge collision on the Ohio River near Joppa, Illinois, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley watchstanders were notified a collision took place between the towing vessel Christina Belcher, pushing two crude oil barges, and a loaded sand barge in a fleeting area at mile marker 952, at around 3 a.m.
Swimmers used to flock to the Ohio River to beat the heat. Kentucky had several popular sandy bathing beaches across the river. In 1904, the beaches around Cincinnati could get up to 20,000 people a day. There were multiple community water parks as well—not just Coney Island.
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In 1886, apple-farmer, James Parker sold 20 acres of land along the Ohio River. By June, the Ohio Grove Corporation opened “Ohio Grove, The Coney Island of the West” to the public. Since its original opening, Coney Island has been through various changes over the years. Civil Rights activists including Cincinnati’s Marian Spencer fought to have Sunlite Pool desegregated in 1955. Riverbend Music Center was added in 1984 as an outdoor concert venue and by 2019 the amusement rides were being sold off to accommodate upgrades for Sunlite Pool.
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