Overflow Tower

Overflow Tower is a water tower in Franklin, Kentucky. Overflow Tower is situated nearby to Cove Spring Park, as well as near Farm Spring.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort and Buffalo Trace Distillery.

Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort

Memorial

Photo: Bedford, Public domain.

The Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort, Kentucky's Green Hill Cemetery, at the junction of US 60 and US 421, is the only Kentucky monument honoring black soldiers that participated in the American Civil War, and one of only four in the entire United States. Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Overflow Tower.

Buffalo Trace Distillery

Distillery

Photo: Kaplansa, Public domain.

Buffalo Trace Distillery is a distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States, owned by the Sazerac Company. Its namesake bourbon brand, Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey, was introduced in August 1999. Buffalo Trace Distillery is situated 1 mile west of Overflow Tower.

Franklin County High School

School building

Franklin County High School is the largest of three public high schools in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States, and is one of two high schools operated by Franklin County Public Schools. Franklin County High School is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Overflow Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Frankfort and Jett.

Frankfort

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky. Downtown Frankfort is characterized by charismatic, old-fashioned, antebellum style buildings holding shops, cafes, restaurants and museums.

Jett

Hamlet

Jett is an unincorporated community within Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. It was part of a farm acquired by Thomas Jett, in 1822. In 1882, Jett's heirs donated land for a Louisville & Nashville Railroad station which was named for him. Jett is situated 3½ miles southeast of Overflow Tower.

Big Eddy

Hamlet

Big Eddy is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. Big Eddy is situated 3½ miles south of Overflow Tower.

Overflow Tower

Type: Water tower
Category: industry
Location: Franklin, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.21941° or 38° 13′ 10″ north

Longitude

-84.84775° or 84° 50′ 52″ west

Open location code

86CQ6592+QW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5566527558

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=water_tower

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Highlights include Cove Spring Park and Farm Spring.

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