Shippingport
Shippingport, Kentucky is an industrial site and one of the six formerly independent settlements at the Falls of the Ohio in what is now Louisville, Kentucky.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Ohio River in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
- Also known as: “Shippingport Island” and “Shippingport, Kentucky”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portland Museum and Falls of the Ohio State Park.
Portland Museum
Museum
Photo: Censusdata, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Falls of the Ohio State Park
Park
Photo: Darkstarcrashes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Falls of the Ohio State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is located on the banks of the Ohio River at Clarksville, Indiana, across from Louisville, Kentucky.
Fourteenth Street Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
The Fourteenth Street Bridge, also known as the Ohio Falls Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge, Conrail Railroad Bridge or Louisville and Indiana Bridge, is a truss drawbridge that spans the Ohio River, between Louisville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Indiana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Russell and Louisville.
Russell
Neighborhood
Russell is a neighborhood immediately west of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. It is nicknamed "Louisville's Harlem". It was named for renowned African American educator and Bloomfield, Kentucky native, Harvey Clarence Russell Sr.
Louisville
Louisville, the largest city in Kentucky, is known for the Kentucky Derby horserace and as the "gateway to the south" from southern Indiana. It's a lively mid-sized city with an excellent dining scene, ample opportunities for bourbon tasting, and interesting public art.
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. Portland is situated 2 miles west of Shippingport.
Shippingport
- Categories: river island and landform
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Shippingport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Shippingport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shippingport Island”
- Dutch: “Shippingport, Kentucky”
- Japanese: “シッピングポート (ケンタッキー州)”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Louisville and Portland Canal and Lannan Memorial Park.
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