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Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, USA
The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington has 82 stained-glass windows including the world's largest hand-blown one. The window measures 24 feet wide by 67 feet high and depicts the Council of Ephesus with 134 life-sized figures.
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1854 - Covington
Covington, a flourishing city of Kenton county, Kentucky, situated on the Ohio river, opposite Cincinnati, and just below the mouth of the Licking river, which separates it from the city of Newport. It is built on a beautiful plain, several miles in extent, and regularly laid out in accordance with ... Read MORE...
1867 - January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world.
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January 1, 1867
1872 - Meeting
The colored people of Covington, Ky., held a mass-meeting on the night of the 29th ult. and passed a resolution favoring general amnesty.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 9, 1872
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1895 - Covington
Covington, a city of Kentucky, the capital of Kenton co., is situated on the Ohio River, opposite Cincinnati, and immediately below the mouth of the Licking River. It is the N. terminus of the Kentucky Central Railroad, and is 99 miles N. of Lexington by that route. It is also on the Louisville,... Read MORE...
1902 - Storm
A terrific waterspout struck the southern suburbs of Covington, Ky., and passed up the Miami valley with damages reported from as far as Dayton. Near Covington the water rolled down the hills in a wave 20 feet deep and 100 yards wide.
The residence of Edward Wohrley was carried four blocks and... Read MORE...
1905 - Run Down By a Train.
Covington, Ky., Aug. 28 - Ben Tarvin, 35, was probably fatally injured in the C. & O. yards, beneath the 11th street viaduct. It is said he was attempting to step out of the way of an approaching train and was struck by a yard engine coming from another direction.
Springfield Sun
Springfield, Kentucky
August 30, 1905
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1916
Covington, a city (formerly the capital) of Kenton co., Ky., is situated on the Ohio River, opposite Cincinnati, and immediately below the mouth of the Licking River. It is on the Louisville and Nashville and the Chesapeake and Ohio Rs., and is 99 miles N. of Lexington. The site is nearly a level... Read MORE...
1917 - Joe Catching Killed At Covington
Mr. Joe Catching, son of Mr. J. F. Catching of this county, who held a position as yard switchman at Covington, was caught between two cars and crushed to death Saturday night about 7 o'clock.
His remains were brought to London on the early Monday morning train, and then conveyed to the home of... Read MORE...
1920 - Brothers' Greetings Bring Death to Both!
Train Lurch Finds Men On Car Off Guard and They Fall Under Wheels.
Special to The Courier-Journal dated Wednesday morning, July 28, 1920
Covington, Ky., July 27 - The exchange of greetings during their first meeting as members of the same switching crew in the C. & O. Railroad yards in... Read MORE...
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1969 - September 9 - WCVN TV channel 54 in Covington, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
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