USS Phenakite
USS Phenakite is a disaster remains in Boone, Kentucky. Access is restricted and requires permission. USS Phenakite is situated nearby to Tousey Cemetery, as well as near Lawrenceburg/Aurora Trail Park.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Disaster remains
- Also known as: “USS Sachem”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tanner’s Creek Generating Station and Lawrenceburg High School.
Tanner’s Creek Generating Station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tanner's Creek Generating Station was a major, 1000-MWe coal-fired electrical power plant in Indiana. Located on the north bank of Ohio River along Tanners Creek, it was one of the two coal-fired power stations within 3 miles of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, near the tripoint of Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. Tanner’s Creek Generating Station is situated 3,600 feet west of USS Phenakite.
Lawrenceburg High School
School
Lawrenceburg High School is a high school located in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The current building was built in 1937. In 1964 the new gym was built to bring the sectionals back to Lawrenceburg. Lawrenceburg High School is situated 1¼ miles north of USS Phenakite.
Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge is a continuous steel arch-shaped truss bridge over the Ohio River between Indiana and Kentucky. Built between 1968 and 1977, the four-lane arched truss span provides a western Ohio River crossing for the Interstate 275 beltway around the Cincinnati area. Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge is situated 2 miles northeast of USS Phenakite.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lawrenceburg and Petersburg.
Lawrenceburg
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lawrenceburg is in Southern Indiana and was founded in 1802 as a center around riverboat commerce on the Ohio River.
Petersburg
Hamlet
Petersburg is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census Petersburg, along with its surrounding areas that use the 41080 zip code, had a population of 500.
Hardinsburg
Neighborhood
Hardinsburg is an unincorporated community in Lawrenceburg Township, Dearborn County, Indiana. Hardinsburg is situated 3 miles north of USS Phenakite.
USS Phenakite
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Boone, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.08123° or 39° 4′ 52″ northLongitude
-84.84864° or 84° 50′ 55″ westOpen location code
86FQ35J2+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 759192765OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=wreck
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include USS Sachem Ruins and Tousey Cemetery.
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