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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6A_visitors-coming-to-paducah_Paducah-KY.html
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, maritim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWU5_the-a-boom-in-paducah_Paducah-KY.html
On October 18, 1950 the U.S. Atomic Energy commission approved the site of the former Kentucky Ordinance Works as the location for a new facility in the nation's rapidly growing nuclear production complex. Construction of the Paducah Gaseous Diffu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWU4_welcome-to-the-atomic-city_Paducah-KY.html
Today, the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is the nation's only uranium enrichment facility. Operated by USEC, Inc., the plant is a global supplier of enriched uranium for electricity production. The Shawnee Steam Plant, on the bank of the Ohio Ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWU1_dawn-of-the-atomic-age_Paducah-KY.html
Urgency was the order of the day, as construction of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, TVA's Shawnee Steam Plant, and Electric Energy Inc.'s Joppa, Il Steam Plant all began early in 1951. Recognizing the importance to national security, workers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWP5_evening-roll-call_Paducah-KY.html
The Boy Scouts of America began in February of 1910. During the first year, The Reverend Clinton S. Quin, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church, organized a a troop, which his parish sponsored, to serve the boys of Paducah. Troop 1 is recognized as one…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWP4_u-s-marine-hospital-service_Paducah-KY.html
Founded by an act of Congress in 1798, the Marine Hospital Service was the first federal-level mechanism to provide public health care and disease prevention in the U.S. These hospitals were constructed at key river and sea ports across the nation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWP3_riverside-hospital-at-fort-anderson_Paducah-KY.html
Riverside Hospital was founded at the Civil War site of Fort Anderson by the municipality in 1905. That location, at the corner of Forth and Clay Streets, was the hospital's home for many years. The Fourth Street wing of the hospital had to be reb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWP2_a-century-of-library-service-1904-2004_Paducah-KY.html
This Carnegie Public Library opened at 826 Broadway in October 1904 with a grant of $35,000 from Andrew Carnegie. The book collection contained 1,800 volumes. The Library served at this location until a fire in 1964 forced it to move into temporar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWP1_union-labor_Paducah-KY.html
Union labor helped build Paducah, including the flood wall on which this mural appears. Unions in construction, business, industry and government helped create a large middle class in Western KY especially after World War II. The region's earliest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWP0_western-baptist-hospital_Paducah-KY.html
On a warm Sunday afternoon in October 1953, Western Baptist Hospital was dedicated as the newest and most modern facility in Kentucky. The foresight of the original seven-member commission, formed in 1945, created a strategically important corners…