Posted March 7, 201015 yr I saw this on the ohio river by the east side of 275. this picture is of the kentucky side This is directly across from it on the ohio side. All I know is the road leading up to it says "pump house" on the kentucky side. does anyone know what this was used for?
March 7, 201015 yr Cincinnati Water works operates the facility. There is a tunnel that runs under the Ohio River from Ohio to Kentucky that contains water for Kentucky. I don't know if that is what this is. Also, one source of water for the region is the Ohio River, so this may be a point where that water is collected.
March 7, 201015 yr I felt it had something to do with waterworks but I wasn't able to find anything to support that idea. There are also piers near the kentucky side that look like remnants of a bridge, again I haven't found anything to support that ether.
March 7, 201015 yr Ohio has some of the most amazing architecture for its waterworks facilties. And most of these are still active. No, it's not a 14th-century English castle. It's the Parma Reservior built by the Cleveland Division of Water in the 1930s in the SW-side Cleveland suburb of Parma Heights. Most people don't even know this facility exists (it's at 5953 Deering Avenue) since it is several blocks off US42 hidden behind a residential area..... Baldwin Reservior (looks like something out of the Mines of Moria!) built in the 1920s on Cleveland's East Side.... Read/see more at: http://www.clevelandwater.com/About_us/History.aspx "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 7, 201015 yr That second picture reminds me of Japan's sewers: more: http://www.urlesque.com/2010/02/25/japanese-sewers/
March 7, 201015 yr It reminds me of an M.C. Escher drawing (painting?), but I can't find it on Google Images.
March 7, 201015 yr Copycat! Already said that prior to my picture :) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 9, 201015 yr There's a little description and some other pics of it at http://www.historicbridges.org/kentucky/intake/index.htm There's also a fantastic old photo from when it was new at http://www.shorpy.com/node/7831
March 10, 201015 yr Psssh....boondoggles, all of them. The nerve of these municipalities to scam their respective residents by taxing them to death only to build something beautiful, classy, and timeless. Referendum! Wal-Mart can do water better than the public sector can! Let's have them handle it. lol
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