Portal:Louisville/Did you know.../3

...that the United States Marine Hospital (pictured) in Louisville, Kentucky is considered the best remaining antebellum hospital in the US?
...that Basil W. Duke became the chief consul and lobbyist for the L&N Railroad after the American Civil War, even though he led many efforts in destroying their property during the war?
...that Bullitt's Lick was the first industry and supplier of salt in what is now the Commonwealth of Kentucky?
...that the Pewee Valley Confederate Memorial is the only American Civil War obelisk monument in Kentucky to be made of zinc?
...that none of Louisville's fortifications for the American Civil War were ever used, as Louisville was never endangered while they existed?
...that the Louisville and Portland Canal, opened in 1830, was the first major improvement completed on a major river of the United States?