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HISTORY LESSON.
The Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse, once the center of Vanderburgh County government. Construction started in the Spring of 1888, was completed in November 1890, and was ready for occupancy by county government in early 1891. It sits in the heart of downtown Evansville, Indiana, USA.
The building was designed by architect Henry W. Wolters of Louisville, Kentucky and constructed by the Charles Pearce & Company of Indianapolis. The 19th century German baroque architectural masterpiece cost only $379,450 to build; it is estimated it would cost over $40 million to build today. The Old Courthouse occupies an entire city block, bounded by Court, Fourth, Vine and Fifth Streets, with each side being encrusted with magnificent sculpture and stone carvings in Indiana limestone. The fourteen main statues of human figures are the work of Franz Engelsmann. In addition, carvings of vegetables, fruits, and flowers indigenous to the area adorn the capital of the forty-eight pairs of pilasters around the entire building. Interesting to note is that the courthouse sits at the site of the southern terminus of the Wabash and Erie Canal.
Before the courthouse was built, this site was a basin where canal boats would deliver cargo and turn around for the return trip north. After the advent of the railroads and the canals abandonment the site was filled in and the courthouse was constructed upon it. justfortheluvofit on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
The old Courthouse now is used for office space, a photography studio, and a dance studio if I recall. It has been a while since I have been inside. And of course the basement has a popular haunted house in October. justfortheluvofit on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
Still to cold to do any serious photo walks. And still not much color in our part of the world. justfortheluvofit on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
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My idea of what this machine might look like with a new coat of paint and a bucket of soap. It's really dirty and could use this! LOL!! I'm really bored. Could you tell?? Michael Davis - AirTeamImages on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
Top of the Mast on a BE1360W. Michael Davis - AirTeamImages on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
Looking up at the Point Sheave on the BE 1360. This is around 215 or so feet up in the air. The boom has seen its share of weathering over time.
Located a couple miles south of Lynnville, Indiana on land once mined by Peabody Coal Company. This is one of only two 1360's built. The other machine was shipped to Alberta. This machine pictured sports an oddball size bucket, both 1360's were shipped with this bucket actually. The bucket is actually a 50 cubic yard bucket on a 325 ft boom. That's not a size you see often on a dragline. RNMary on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
I visited our daughter in Evansville recently after they had a 5 or 6 inch snowfall. It hadn't snowed at all at home so I wasn't expecting much. I called her and asked about the weather and she told me there was a couple of inches. She hadn't been out. Top that off with the lack of plowing a lot of the streets = FUN!
This was the car antenna the next morning. It had gotten down to 9 degrees F (air temp, not wind chill). I thought it was cool elmada on Flickr: Posted a Photo 
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