Ohio River Chart #48 1920

Ohio River Chart #48 1920

Light # Name Location Miles Below Pittsburg
BLACKFORD CREEK Left bank 738.0
County line, Hancock-Daviess.
BIG SANDY CREEK Right Bank 738.0
187. GRAND VIEW LIGHT. Color White Right Bank 738.1
GRANDVIEW, Spencer Co., Ind. (735)

Electric line to Evansville and intermediate points.

Right Bank 738.2
HONEY CREEK Right Bank 740.9
186. HONEY CREEK LIGHT. Color White Right Bank 741.2
Channel follows right bank closely to Rockport, Ind, Least water on bar about 3.6 feet.
ROCKPORT, County seat of Spencer Co., Ind (2,736)

Electric line to Grandview and Evansville. Ferry to Kentucky shore. Railroad: Southern.

Right Bank  742.7
Channel makes out toward Kentucky shore, but returns and then makes long crossing toward Light 185.
MUDDY GUT CREEK Left bank 744.0
ICELAND LANDING, Daviess Co., Ky Left bank 744.0
HEAD OF HALF-WAY BAR, from Indiana shore

Bar about 1.7 miles long.

Right Bank 744.3
185. PUPPY CREEK LIGHT. Color White Left bank 745.3
Curved dike just below, 2,935 feet long. Puppy Creek Bar extends about 2 1/2 miles below this light, but is not often troublesome. Puppy Creek enters the river behind dike.
184. PUPPY CREEK DIKE LIGHT. Color White Right Bank 746.5
WRIGHT LANDING, Spencer Co., Ind Right Bank 746.6
YELLOW CREEK Left bank 747.4
LITTLE YELLOW BANK ISLAND

About 0.7 mile long, close to Indiana shore.

Right Bank 747.5
183. YELLOW BANK ISLAND LIGHT No. 1. On island. Color White. RIGHT OF CHANNEL  748.2
Channel makes long crossing to Light 182.
PROPOSED OHIO RIVER DAM No. 46

Site selected, but no work in progress. When completed, lock on right bank; length, 600 feet; width, 110 feet: width of navigable pass, 800 feet. Special care necessary in passing dam while under construction. After completion, note directions and caution as in case of Dam No. 1, p. 25.

748.5
BIG YELLOW BANK ISLAND, near Indiana shore

Island about 2.8 miles long.

RIGHT OF CHANNEL 749.6
182. YELLOW BANK ISLAND LIGHT No. 2. Color White Left bank 749.9
GLENMORE DISTILLING CO., Daviess Co., Ky Left bank 750.7
OWENSBORO (16,011), upper end, foot of Pearl St

County seat of Daviess Co., Ky. Interests: Manufacturing, coal mining,
banking, and general merchandising. Railroads: Illinois Central; Louisville
& Nashville ; Lou., Hend. & St. L.

Left bank 751.5
GRIFFITH ELEVATOR CO. ELEVATOR Left bank 751.9