Good Fences

This wrought iron fence with its stately stone wall is surely worthy of being the entrance to a medieval castle where Guinevere awaits her dashing Sir Lancelot. Cut the action! Pull back the cameras and reveal....

 

The fence and wall lead not to a castle on the hill but to a Hampton Inn Hotel newly built this past summer.

I have always loved this wall and fence. It stands in the city of Parkersburg, West Virginia and has been here for as long as I can remember. It's along a busy highway so I took these shots from the passenger seat this afternoon. There is an exact wall and fence on the opposite side of the street. On that side of the street is a very old cemetery. There were no graves on this side of the street and this summer digging and landscaping began. I thought perhaps it was to enlarge the cemetery. Instead a hotel went up.

 

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Watery Wednesday At The City Park

In 1897 at a cost of $52,ooo the city of Parkersburg, West Virginia purchased 42 acres of land for use as a city park. Other land was added later. Citizens of the era didn't like the name chosen for the park. Since 1911 the park has officially been known as and named The City Park. In 1902 a prominent member of the Jackson family bequethed $5,000 for the purchase for the erection of a fountain at the park's main gates. The ornamental water fountain was purchased in New York City by the executor of the Jackson estate while he was on his honeymoon. Except for the lions it is made of case iron metal and represents the Victorian Period of Garden and Design. At one time it was three tiered and stood 30 feet tall. With the top tier removed it presently still stands at an impressive 20 feet.
The fountain stands at the entrance to the park which is across the street from the house in my previous post. I'll just let the rest of the photos speak for themselves.

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Watery Wednesday: High Atop Fort Boreman

In this photo I'm standing atop Fort Boreman in Parkersburg, West Virginia looking down upon the Ohio River. The Fort was built during the Civil War. The bend here in the river provided a wide ranging view. Standing up on the hill looking upriver I could see the white sternwheeler to the right and hear its horn. The river you see merging with the Ohio is the Little Kanawha. The Ohio flows from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania to Cairo, Illinois. It will eventually empty into and is the greatest tributary to the Mississippi River.

This is a view looking downriver. You can see it was a great day to be out on a boat.

In the first image you may have noticed a wall behind the sternwheeler. I zoomed in to get a closeup of the floodwall that surrounds the city.

The sternwheeler had blown its horn because it was going to be moving. I watched as it backed out and eventually headed underneath the bridge. Time to go.

Guess we could stop off at Kokomos!