The USS Nightmare (William S. Mitchell) from Newport On The Levee, Newport, KY : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The USS Nightmare (William S. Mitchell) from Newport On The Levee, Newport, KY / w_lemay
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Built in 1934 at Point Pleasant, West Virginia for the US Army Corps of Engineers, this 278-foot-long and 84-foot-wide paddle-wheel steam vessel served for decades as a dredging ship on the Missouri River before its retirement in the 1980s. Able to move 80,000 cubic yards of sediment in a single day, it was one of four ships assigned to keep shipping channels along the course of the Missouri River clear for cargo traffic during the mid-20th Century, and was the last of the four ships that once maintained the shipping channels to be retired. However, with advances in technology and a decline in demand for shipping along the river in the 1970s and 1980s, compounded by the aging of the ship, led to it being retired by 1985. In 1985, the ship was moored along the Missouri River in Kansas City when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and plans were made to convert the ship into a museum, telling the story of the ship’s crew and various jobs.However, before the museum could be created, disaster struck. In 1993, the Great Flood on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers led to the river overflowing its banks and challenging the flood control levees along the Missouri River, leading to the mothballed ship’s moorings coming loose, and the unattended ship floated uncontrollably down the Missouri River. Despite several attempts to stop the vessel, local authorities stood by helplessly as the ship hit five separate bridges over the Missouri River, entirely smashing the rooms on front section of the upper decks, including the historically significant control room, knocking down its smokestacks, and damaging the bridges that the vessel impacted. Eventually, the ship was brought under control downriver of Kansas City by another vessel, which pushed it laterally from the side to the river bank, where it was able to be anchored until the flood had receded. With the destruction of one of the most notable interior spaces and the smokestacks, as well as the exterior of the ship, the damage was so substantial that the ship was no longer suitable for use as a historical museum.The ship was subsequently purchased by BB Riverboats of Newport, Kentucky, and was brought to the Greater Cincinnati Area in 1993, remaining anchored in storage until 1998, when a seasonal attraction hosted by the company, the USS Nightmare haunted house, proved too popular and large for a smaller ship that had previously been used to entertain visitors, and the William S. Mitchell’s interior was reconfigured and outfitted with various horror scenes, ramps, and other features to host the haunted house attraction, opening in the fall of 1998 and continuing to operate seasonally today.The USS Nightmare mixes actual history associated with the William S. Mitchell with embellishments that make the stories around it more dramatic, and add many horror elements and details to make the attraction scarier. Though not a typical adaptive reuse project, the USS Nightmare has allowed the partially ruined William S. Mitchell to continue to exist and be maintained, with the haunted house attracting visitors by the thousands annually. |
| 撮影日 | 2022-10-22 21:28:45 |
| 撮影者 | w_lemay , Chicago, IL, United States |
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| 撮影地 | Newport, Kentucky, United States 地図 |