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Covered Bridges and Waterfalls in Indiana today.

Covered Bridges In Indiana ⛲️Billie Creek Covered Bridge is a Burr Arch structure built in 1895. The sandstone that makes up the abutments were cut from a nearby quarry. This bridge was built to replace the open wooden bridge that had been built just 15 years earlier in 1880. It was built on what was then called the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway, what would later become U.S. 36. The bridge was saved because it was later bypassed when the road was rebuilt. After being bypassed by the main highway it would become a tourist attraction when it became part of Billie Creek Village where it is still open to vehicular traffic and only closed at busy times of the year for traffic control.

⛲️Cox Ford Covered Bridge was built in 1913 and crosses the Sugar Creek along the west edge of Turkey Run State Park, Parke County, Indiana, USA. This single span Burr Arch truss structure has a length of 160 ft (49 m), or 176 ft (54 m) including the 8 ft (2.4 m) overhang at each end, with a portal clearance 16 ft (4.9 m) wide by 13 ft (4.0 m) in height. The arches used to construction this structure were from the Armiesburg Covered Bridge, built 60 years earlier and washed out during the 1913 flood.

Waterfalls In Indiana 💦Tunnel Falls is 83 feet (26 m) high and in Clifty Falls State Park in Richmond Indiana, USA. There are four waterfalls in the park. From the trails, it is difficult to get a really good view of any of the waterfalls in this park. There is a gorge trail that lets you walk right up to the base of Clifty Falls. You could probably use this trail to walk up the gorge that leads to Tunnel Falls, although it may be against park rules. Just around the corner from Tunnel Falls is a 600 foot long tunnel that you can walk through. Bring a flashlight!

💦Thistlethwaite Falls is a 20 foot (7 m) high waterfall located in Richmond Indiana, USA. This is a man made waterfall. In 1854 Timothy Thistlethwaite dammed the river, forcing the the water to flow over a rocky ledge, creating the falls. Several mills were built at the site. The mills are gone, but the falls remain. This waterfall is very easy to reach. A trail leads to the top of the falls, and an old stairway leads down to the base. The main trail is part of the Whitewater Gorge Park, a 3.5 mile trail that follows the river.

💠August 20: National Radio Day, and National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day.

📻National Radio Day recognizes the great invention of the radio. In the late 19th century, it became clear that wireless communication was possible. Several inventors had a part in the invention of the radio in the late 1800s and not just one person can be credited with its beginning. To make the radio a reality, it required several different inventions and discoveries including both transmission and reception methods as well as technology. In fact, the radio’s inception required an international effort. The research of German Heinrich Hertz proved electrical could be transmitted wirelessly. The multiple patents of the prolific inventor Nikola Tesla provided the radio with the Tesla coil. When it comes to the first commercially available wireless, Guglielmo Marconi receives the honor. Before wireless became a function of music and entertainment programs, the wireless radio served more of a military and a regular public service role. Much like the dits and dots of a telegram, the wireless transmitted information. On board the Titanic at the time of its sinking, a Marconi wireless was in use. However, in 1906 the first radio broadcast of voice and music purely for entertainment purposes occurred. Reginald Fessenden transmitted the program from Brant Rock, Massachusetts for the general public to hear. Another contributor to the radio was American, Lee de Forest. Born in Iowa in 1873, he would become the chief scientist for the first U.S. radio firm, American Wireless Telephone andTelegraph. Lee de Forest’s invention of the Audion vacuum tube made live broadcasting possible. ✨As wireless came alive, the first broadcast stations began airing programs in the 1920s. News and world events were the first items over the airwaves. ✨Radio ownership grew from two out of five homes in 1931 to four out of five homes in 1938. ✨According to FCC statistics, at the end of 2012, there were more than 15,000 licensed broadcast radio stations in the U.S. ✨On October 1, 1999, the first satellite radio broadcast occurred. Worldspace aired the broadcast in Africa.

🍫National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day! Add some chocolate to Pecan Pie and you can celebrate National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day.

I had no idea it took more than one inventor to create the radio and its still going strong. I don't care for pecan pie so I'm not sure about chocolate pecan pie. I be willing to try it though. The Cox Ford Covered Bridge is my pick, because of it's length. Thistlethwaite Falls is my pick for waterfalls, because of it cascading over the stair step rock formation.

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