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Eastern Kentucky Railway
The Eastern Kentucky Railway was a railroad in northeastern Kentucky, United States. It served mainly mine traffic, running north from Webbville through Grayson to Riverton (now part of Greenup) on the Ohio River and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. History The Kentucky Improvement Company was chartered in December 1866 and renamed January 1, 1870 to the Eastern Kentucky Railway. The first section, from Riverton south to Argillite, opened in 1867. Further extensions took it to Hunnewell by 1870, Grayson in 1871, Willard by 1874 and Webbville in 1889. At Hitchins, between Grayson and Willard, the line junctioned with the Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, an east–west branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The Consolidated Southern Railway was a plan in the 1880s to extend the EK south as part of a through line to Hickory and Statesville, North Carolina, also using the never-built Norfolk and Cincinnati Railroad and part of the Chester and Lenoir Railroa ...
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Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to the east; Tennessee to the south; and Missouri to the west. Its northern border is defined by the Ohio River. Its capital is Frankfort, and its two largest cities are Louisville and Lexington. Its population was approximately 4.5 million in 2020. Kentucky was admitted into the Union as the 15th state on June 1, 1792, splitting from Virginia in the process. It is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on Kentucky bluegrass, a species of green grass found in many of its pastures, which has supported the thoroughbred horse industry in the center of the state. Historically, it was known for excellent farming conditions for this reason and the development of large tobacco plantations akin to those in Virginia and North Carolina i ...
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Norfolk And Cincinnati Railroad
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea, with The Wash to the north-west. The county town is the city of Norwich. With an area of and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile (155 per km2). Of the county's population, 40% live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000). The Broads is a network of rivers and lakes in the east of the county, extending south into Suffolk. The area is protected by the Broads Authority and has similar status to a national park. History The area that was to become Norfolk was settled in pre-Roman times, (there were Palaeolithic settlers as early as 950,000 years ago) with camps along the higher land in th ...
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Argillite (EKRY Station)
:''"Argillite" may also refer to Argillite, Kentucky.'' Argillite () is a fine-grained sedimentary rock composed predominantly of indurated clay particles. Argillaceous rocks are basically lithified muds and oozes. They contain variable amounts of silt-sized particles. The argillites grade into shale when the fissile layering typical of shale is developed. Another name for poorly lithified argillites is ''mudstone''. These rocks, although variable in composition, are typically high in aluminium and silica with variable alkali and alkaline earth cations. The term ''pelitic'' or ''pelite'' is often applied to these sediments and rocks. Metamorphism of argillites produces slate, phyllite, and pelitic schist. Belt Supergroup The Belt Supergroup, an assemblage of rocks of late Precambrian (Mesoproterozoic) age, includes thick sequences of argillite, as well as other metamorphosed or semi-metamorphosed mudstones.Schieber, J. 1990. Significance of styles of epicontinental shale sedime ...
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Riverton (EKRY Station)
Riverton is the name of several places: ;In Australia: *Riverton, South Australia Riverton is a small town in the Mid North of South Australia, in the Gilbert Valley. It is situated on the Gilbert River, from which the town derives its name. Both the Gilbert Valley and Gilbert River were named after South Australian pioneer ..., a small town and former railway junction in the mid north of South Australia *Riverton, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia **Electoral district of Riverton, an electorate of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, centred on the suburb ;In Canada: *Riverton, Manitoba, a small village *Riverton, Nova Scotia, a small community in Pictou County ;In Jamaica *Riverton City, Jamaica ;In New Zealand *Riverton / Aparima, a small town at the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand ;In South Africa *Riverton, a resort on the Vaal River outside Kimberley, Northern Cape ;In the United States of America: *Riverton, California *Riverto ...
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Argillite Tunnel
:''"Argillite" may also refer to Argillite, Kentucky.'' Argillite () is a fine-grained sedimentary rock composed predominantly of indurated clay particles. Argillaceous rocks are basically lithified muds and oozes. They contain variable amounts of silt-sized particles. The argillites grade into shale when the fissile layering typical of shale is developed. Another name for poorly lithified argillites is ''mudstone''. These rocks, although variable in composition, are typically high in aluminium and silica with variable alkali and alkaline earth cations. The term ''pelitic'' or ''pelite'' is often applied to these sediments and rocks. Metamorphism of argillites produces slate, phyllite, and pelitic schist. Belt Supergroup The Belt Supergroup, an assemblage of rocks of late Precambrian ( Mesoproterozoic) age, includes thick sequences of argillite, as well as other metamorphosed or semi-metamorphosed mudstones.Schieber, J. 1990. Significance of styles of epicontinental shale se ...
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Truss Bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. The basic types of truss bridges shown in this article have simple designs which could be easily analyzed by 19th and early 20th-century engineers. A truss bridge is economical to construct because it uses materials efficiently. Design The nature of a truss allows the analysis of its structure using a few assumptions and the application of Newton's laws of motion according to the branch of physics known as statics. For purposes of analysis, trusses are assumed to be pin jointed where the straight components meet, meaning that taken alone, every joint on the structure is functionally considered to be a flexible joint as opposed to a rigid joint with strength to maintain its own shape, and th ...
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KY 773
KY or Ky may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Ky Kiske, a fictional character in the ''Guilty Gear'' video game series * Kashiyatra, a festival in India People * Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930-2011), South Vietnamese general and prime minister * Ky Baldwin (born 2001), Australian singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor * Ky Bowman (born 1997), American professional basketball player * Ky Bush (born 1999), American MLB player * Ky Dickens, American filmmaker, writer, and director * Ky Ebright (1894-1979), American rowing coach * Ky Fan (1914-2010), Chinese-born American mathematician * Ky Furneaux (born 1973), Australian television personality and host, outdoor guide, survival expert, and stunt person * Ky Hollenbeck (born 1987), American kickboxer * Ky Hurst (born 1981), Australian swimmer and ironman * Ky Laffoon (1908-1984), American professional golfer * Ky Nam Le Duc, Vietnamese-Canadian film director and screenwriter * Ky Rodwell (born 1999), Australian professional rugby league ...
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Hopewell, Greenup County, Kentucky
Hopewell is an unincorporated community in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. It lies at an elevation of 561 feet (171 m). A post office operated in the community from 1874 to 1957. It's named Hopewell because an early resident hoped his iron furnace operation would be as successful as that of one in Pennsylvania (now the Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern Berks County, near Elverson, Pennsylvania, is an example of an American 19th century rural iron plantation, whose operations were based around a charcoal-fired cold-blast iron blast furn ...). References * Unincorporated communities in Greenup County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{GreenupCountyKY-geo-stub ...
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KY 3306
KY or Ky may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Ky Kiske, a fictional character in the ''Guilty Gear'' video game series * Kashiyatra, a festival in India People * Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930-2011), South Vietnamese general and prime minister * Ky Baldwin (born 2001), Australian singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor * Ky Bowman (born 1997), American professional basketball player * Ky Bush (born 1999), American MLB player * Ky Dickens, American filmmaker, writer, and director * Ky Ebright (1894-1979), American rowing coach * Ky Fan (1914-2010), Chinese-born American mathematician * Ky Furneaux (born 1973), Australian television personality and host, outdoor guide, survival expert, and stunt person * Ky Hollenbeck (born 1987), American kickboxer * Ky Hurst (born 1981), Australian swimmer and ironman * Ky Laffoon (1908-1984), American professional golfer * Ky Nam Le Duc, Vietnamese-Canadian film director and screenwriter * Ky Rodwell (born 1999), Australian professional rugby league ...
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KY 207
Kentucky Route 207 (KY 207) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects mostly rural areas of Carter and Greenup counties with Argillite and Flatwoods. Route description KY 207 begins at an intersection with KY 1654 (Williams Creek Road) west-southwest of Rush, within Carter County. It travels to the west-northwest and passes O'Neal Cemetery before curving to the north-northwest. The highway has a very brief concurrency with U.S. Route 60 (US 60). When the two highways split, KY 207 travels to the north-northeast. Then, it passes Sally Cemetery. The highway then travels to the north-northwest. It has two crossings of Cane Creek before it crosses over Interstate 64 (I-64). It heads to the north and crosses Cane Creek again. It enters Greenup County and then curves to the north-northeast. The highway crosses over Logtown Hollow before curving to the north-northwest. It crosses Cane Creek for a third time and ...
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KY 1
Kentucky Route 1 (KY 1) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It originates at a junction with KY 3, one mile (1.6 km) east of Cadmus in Lawrence County. The route continues through Grayson in Carter County to terminate at US 23 in Greenup in Greenup County. Part of the highway is co-signed with the Jenny Wiley Trail. Segments of KY 1 are built upon the old Eastern Kentucky Railroad. KY 1 follows parts of the Little Sandy River and parts of a smaller fork of the Little Sandy called the Little Fork upstream of Grayson. Kentucky Route 1 allows access to Greenbo Lake State Resort Park and River Bend Golf Course, as well to the Oldtown Covered Bridge and the Jesse Stuart Nature Preserve. For general travel between Grayson and Greenup, Kentucky Route 67 is suggested over the much narrower and twisting Route 1. Caney Falls, on the Little Fork of the Little Sandy, is to the south of Route 1, between Grayson and Route 3. Route description The route originat ...
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