Visitors Coming to Paducah

Visitors Coming to Paducah (HMX6A)

Location: Paducah, KY 42003 McCracken County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 5', W 88° 36'

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Visitors coming to Paducah by boat in the early part of the twentieth~century would have been greeted by the hustle and bustle of a riverfront lined with hotels, warehouses, packet boat offices, lumber yards, supply houses, iron foundries, maritime industries and small businesses, all connected to the river. One of the busiest places at the riverfront was the Paducah Wharf Boat, which was permanently moored at the foot of Broadway to allow the loading and unloading of cargo and passengers. Large barrels of dark~fired tobacco, known as hogsheads, lined the riverfront waiting to be shipped to ports in Central and South America, Europe and Africa.
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HM NumberHMX6A
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Date Added Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 6:36am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 357788 N 4105314
Decimal Degrees37.08333333, -88.60000000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 5', W 88° 36'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 4' 60.00" N, 88° 36' 0.00" W
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Area Code(s)270
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 600-698 Washington St, Paducah KY 42003, US
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