McAlpine Locks
McAlpine Locks is a dam in Jefferson, Kentucky. McAlpine Locks is situated nearby to the hamlet Portland, as well as near the park Boone Square.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portland Museum and Ohio Falls Station.
Portland Museum
Museum
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The Portland Museum is a neighborhood history and art museum in Louisville, Kentucky. It details the history of the Portland neighborhood both as an independent town in the early 1800s and after Portland's amalgamation into Louisville after the construction of the Louisville and Portland Canal. Portland Museum is situated 3,600 feet southeast of McAlpine Locks.
Ohio Falls Station
Electrical generator
Ohio Falls Station is a hydroelectric power station owned by Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities which is located three miles west of Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Ohio Falls Station is situated 3,500 feet northeast of McAlpine Locks.
Boone Square
Park
Boone Square is one of the Frederick Law Olmsted parks in Louisville, Kentucky. It is also one of the smaller ones, one full city block in size. In the middle of Louisville's working-class Portland neighborhood, it is bordered by 19th St. on the west, Duncan St. on the south, 20th St. on the east and Rowan St. on the north.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portland and New Albany Downtown Historic District.
Portland
Hamlet
Portland is a historic district, neighborhood and former independent town northwest of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It is situated along a bend of the Ohio River just below the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area, where the river curves to the north and then to the south, thus placing Portland at the northern tip of urban Louisville.
New Albany Downtown Historic District
Neighborhood
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The New Albany Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at New Albany, Indiana. The general area is W. First Street to the west, Spring St. to the north, E. New Albany Downtown Historic District is situated 1½ miles west of McAlpine Locks.
Shelby Place Historic District
Neighborhood
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Shelby Place Historic District is a registered historic district in New Albany, Indiana, one mile north of the Ohio River, across from Louisville, Kentucky. Shelby Place Historic District is situated 1½ miles northwest of McAlpine Locks.
McAlpine Locks
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“McAlpine Locks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “McAlpine Locks”
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