Trip to the Big Well

Jeff took us on a "driving tour" of the city. We started out at the main tourist attraction in town - The Big Well. If you're not familiar, Greensburg sports the world's largest hand dug well - and fortunately, since wells are located underground, it wasn't destroyed by the tornado! :) The gift shop that accompanied it was destroyed, but it has rebuilt in this cute little building that I'll someday have a picture of...meanwhile I have this photo under the new sign. The years on the sign represent the time frame between the digging of the well and the tornado.

And yes - a very windy day.

The well is actually underneath that metal structure behind me and to the left (the picture's left, not my left).

I tried to take a picture down into the well, but my flash wouldn't show how deep it really goes. It is possible to go down inside it, but it has not been open since the tornado. Lori said they actually had a fence around the whole thing until last week.


Here's Cassie and my cousin Emma looking down inside the well. This is the same metal structure that was around it before the tornado. A few (ha!) paint chips, but otherwise in good shape.