The town has a railroad tourism connection:
The Big Well, in Greensburg, Kansas, was a water well designed to provide water for the Santa Fe and Rock Island railroads. It was built in 1887 at a cost of $45,000, and served as the municipal water supply until 1932.
It is billed as the world's largest hand-dug well, at 109 feet deep and 32 feet in diameter. It was designated a National Museum in 1972; in 1973 it was awarded an American Water Landmark by the American Water Works Association. Visitors entered the well for a small fee, descending an illuminated stairway to the bottom of the well.
http://www.bigwell.org/bigwell.html
http://www.kansas.com/
http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/
Dave
....Tragic, the loss of life and property....!
It might be convincing now to anyone with doubts whether wind might have the strength to overturn a railroad engine.
It didn't seem to matter much here whether the building was masonary and steel or wood....it was destroyed.
As for that big well.....They sure must have a low water table in that area if it has just 15' of water at the bottom of a 109' hole....!
Don't think I'd be very anxious to go down in it to find out.....{How much water is in it}....
Quentin
Willy
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Go to http://www. pressofAtlanticcity.com go down to Nation and read the story of 4 Kan Soldiers. Them people should be shame.
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