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Monon Property => Buildings and Bridges => Topic started by: Tom Kepshire on July 22, 2012, 08:39:05 am

Title: Lonely Depot-Harrodsburgh
Post by: Tom Kepshire on July 22, 2012, 08:39:05 am

Here is another shot from the Smith Family. I love it. The Harrodsburg Depot looks so desolate.

Title: Re: Lonely Depot-Harrodsburgh
Post by: Geof Burns on July 22, 2012, 10:33:39 am

This pictures shows that the depot and ROW were maybe 15 feet higher than the road. You can just see the top of an early car - maybe a Model-T.

Title: Re: Lonely Depot-Harrodsburgh
Post by: Joe Land on July 22, 2012, 11:21:22 am

It was desolate, built on the side of a big hill. The town of Harrodsburg is on the opposite side of the hill.

Title: Re: Lonely Depot-Harrodsburgh
Post by: John Taylor on July 24, 2012, 02:39:25 pm

My great grandfather's farm was just up the hill to the right in the photo, between the depot and Harrodsburg.  To the left, the road crossed some bottom land and then went up an extremely steep hill called "Depot Hill".  Guys would test their cars on Depot Hill by making a run across the bottoms and trying to make it up the hill without stalling.  There was a point at which a Model T going up the hill would start to stall because of the steepness and the fact that a Model T's gravity fed fuel sytem would no longer supply fuel to the engine.  At that point was an improvised turnout that would allow the driver to turn his car around and complete his trip up the hill in reverse.