The Tunnel (Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky)
USA /
Kentucky /
Pleasure Ridge Park /
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
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/ USA
/ Kentucky
/ Pleasure Ridge Park
World / United States / Kentucky
interesting place, historical layer / disappeared object
Completed in 1926, this inclined corridor was first constructed for workers to be able to move supplies in and out of the building from the railroad spur at the bottom of the hill. One side of the tunnel consists of concrete steps while the other is made up of a motorized rail and cable system. At some point it was decided that the tunnel could also be used to discreetly transport bodies off of the hill without other patients witnessing it, thereby protecting their morale. The bodies of the dead were placed on a cart and then lowered to the bottom.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°7'53"N 85°50'30"W
- former Highland Park neighborhood 10 km
- Fort Duffield 18 km
- Old Jeffersonville Historic District 19 km
- Wild Bill Cantrell Hydroplane Racecourse 78 km
- Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site 91 km
- Holiday World & Splashin' Safari 95 km
- Overbrook Farm 121 km
- Wolf Creek Dam 153 km
- future I-66/Northwestern Bypass interchange 153 km
- Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Park 162 km
- Pleasure Ridge Park 2.1 km
- Valley Station 3.8 km
- Jefferson Riverport International 4.4 km
- Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Protection District 4.9 km
- Jefferson Memorial Forest 7.4 km
- LG&E Mill Creek Power Station 11 km
- Kosmos Cement Company (Division of Cemex) 11 km
- Bullitt County, Kentucky 23 km
- Harrison County, Indiana 25 km
- Fort Knox 27 km