@Industrial_Revolution Ooooo. From "that state up north." 🤔😅 Only the northern approaches to the bridge are in Ohio territory, technically. Both West Virginia and Kentucky claim the "high water mark" of the river. Kentucky did the same to Indiana and Illinois. Kentucky historians 'howled' several years ago when Ohio historians 'rescued' the Petroglyph Rock from the north bank. Historians, again, asserted that the rock was in Kentucky proper.
@@Industrial_Revolution better politicians? I think it was because Kentucky came into the Union earlier than Ohio? West Virginia used Virginia's claim as theirs?
Thanks for the tour of this industrial wonder! PS - never knew about the retrofit and why bridge was built so high over the river surface. Great story telling PS2 - what was that canal shown at the end of the video?
Glad you liked it. That canal is a piece of the Miami and Erie Canal, in Providence Metropark, just west of Toledo. It's one of the few places where you can take a mule-drawn canal boat through a restored 19th century lock.
Over engineered bridges like this one are also so much more visually appealing than a concrete beam span.
And some vehicles are a bit heavier today than they were a hundred years ago.
It's always good to see a positive view of Ohio! Thank you for the presentation!
Glad you liked it. There's a LOT of great stuff in Ohio, and I say that even as someone who lives in Michigan.
@Industrial_Revolution Ooooo. From "that state up north." 🤔😅
Only the northern approaches to the bridge are in Ohio territory, technically. Both West Virginia and Kentucky claim the "high water mark" of the river. Kentucky did the same to Indiana and Illinois. Kentucky historians 'howled' several years ago when Ohio historians 'rescued' the Petroglyph Rock from the north bank. Historians, again, asserted that the rock was in Kentucky proper.
I saw that about being Kentucky to the northern waterline. Most borders run down the middle of rivers. Any idea why it ended up where it did?
@@Industrial_Revolution better politicians? I think it was because Kentucky came into the Union earlier than Ohio? West Virginia used Virginia's claim as theirs?
That's what I suspected. Ohio's politicians did manage to win the Toledo War.
Darren, thanks man love the videos of Midwest.
Appreciate the work you do.
Thanks. Glad you liked it. People really don't give the midwest enough credit, sometimes. there's a lot of great stuff here.
Great video. Love the explanation of the history of the bridge.
Thanks! It's a little different from what I usually do, but I've got some ideas for other Industrial Revolution structures for future videos, too.
Thanks for the tour of this industrial wonder!
PS - never knew about the retrofit and why bridge was built so high over the river surface. Great story telling
PS2 - what was that canal shown at the end of the video?
Glad you liked it. That canal is a piece of the Miami and Erie Canal, in Providence Metropark, just west of Toledo. It's one of the few places where you can take a mule-drawn canal boat through a restored 19th century lock.
That's a no wake zone bro!
I only take the I75 bridges...neat
This might be good option if you run into the seemingly permanent construction on that piece of I-75.