tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post8026912823804017399..comments2024-01-19T07:44:46.294-08:00Comments on THE KENTUCKY FILES: Chinn's CaveTom L. Byronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04221989720717411940noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-74504197604027382552022-01-19T12:15:27.803-08:002022-01-19T12:15:27.803-08:00Thats just so cool Thats just so cool Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15646114861165804638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-64246819518677106142021-08-20T08:37:19.397-07:002021-08-20T08:37:19.397-07:00Hi! My family owns the buildings across the road. ...Hi! My family owns the buildings across the road. It used to be a resturant and then became a furniture store. flooding fuined it and the family who owned it at the time sold it to us. We have great plans for the area and love the local history. Summer Bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-89575824614879059352021-06-18T21:41:36.243-07:002021-06-18T21:41:36.243-07:00I'll have to go check it out.I'll have to go check it out. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06000025193154135176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-88848835944360577872020-04-23T20:05:10.999-07:002020-04-23T20:05:10.999-07:00what is or was across the road? it looks like it c...what is or was across the road? it looks like it could have been a restaurant or store and a park or marina.....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815787042390469063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-15076309228151716412018-07-27T10:05:45.267-07:002018-07-27T10:05:45.267-07:00There was a passage through the back of the cave t...There was a passage through the back of the cave that curved around and led back to the road, just slightly uphill from the main entrance. When I was a child in the mid-fifties, one of the nice folks working in the souvenir shop escorted my parents and me through the tunnel-like passage. I don't recall seeing any slot machines and can't recall how the passage was lighted - flashlights?? Electric lights? (the main cave had electric lights). <br /><br />This was my first cave experience - it may be that part of the "cave" was natural and part of it blasted out to enlarge the natural cavern. I don't recall seeing any stalagmites or stalactites, but do recall it being dampish. Perhaps that passage was used as a escape in case of a gambling raid, but the eventual opening was not disguised or hidden at all. <br /><br />And - yet another cliff base opening was nearby! We were told it was an unexplored passage, which I now find a little disingenuous. Maybe it was the get-away!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-22287537159515841522018-06-14T18:08:36.689-07:002018-06-14T18:08:36.689-07:00Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read something l...Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read something like this before. So nice to search out somebody with some authentic ideas on this subject. realy thank you for beginning this up. this website is something that is needed on the net, someone with a little bit originality. helpful job for bringing one thing new to the web! <a href="https://casinorealmoney.us.org" rel="nofollow">online casinos</a>yaklibber924https://www.blogger.com/profile/05349925023206914461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-61583298598552791922016-02-02T19:29:37.102-08:002016-02-02T19:29:37.102-08:00I grew up in Wilmore and my Grandpa had a farm rig...I grew up in Wilmore and my Grandpa had a farm right on 68 a little before the Shaker landing road. He always talked about Mr. Chinn and what a shame it was that this place went under. If you'll go to google earth maps and type in these coordinate: 37.846753, -84.697187 ...you will see an aerial view of what my Grandpa called Chinn's curve. There was an old stone house sitting on top of that hill that belonged to Chinn. You can see it if you go to the street view and it still looks abandoned with the words "stay out" spray painted on the front door. That's a real shame because wow, what a view that place has. I always hated that curve because it felt like you would drive off the cliff - especially when the coal trucks from the power plant would come barreling down the road in the wrong lane. Anyway, Grandpa said that after the police shut it down there was also a flood that did a lot of damage to the interior and the gas tanks. It never got back up after that. My Grandma also told me about how scary it used to be to cross the bridge there when the road went through the tunnel (which is still there on the Jessamine side) and that she would make everyone sit perfectly still and pray to God that they wouldn't fall through the wood planks. Thanks for the memories. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-41619447425857802542016-02-01T12:06:16.463-08:002016-02-01T12:06:16.463-08:00That is great Kay,I still wish it was open.That is great Kay,I still wish it was open.Tom L. Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221989720717411940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-8827974485348348022016-02-01T12:03:57.295-08:002016-02-01T12:03:57.295-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tom L. Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221989720717411940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-14914297629910099982016-01-31T19:16:49.907-08:002016-01-31T19:16:49.907-08:00We used to stop there and get a coke. They had a g...We used to stop there and get a coke. They had a gift shop in there. Like the gift shops with Davy crocket hats, etc. My Mother remembered the gas pumps being out front Kay G. Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162696294557715561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-73253830236122726762015-10-05T12:15:15.077-07:002015-10-05T12:15:15.077-07:00It sits right on the road side, thousands pass it....It sits right on the road side, thousands pass it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-30734605117530251552015-10-05T04:10:09.794-07:002015-10-05T04:10:09.794-07:00Who owns the property now?
Who owns the property now?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458930099669571127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-76255029002679175582015-10-04T17:11:27.951-07:002015-10-04T17:11:27.951-07:00How quickly things get lost in time. EJDHow quickly things get lost in time. EJDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1552945979409263542.post-21984943538351878092015-10-04T16:22:44.928-07:002015-10-04T16:22:44.928-07:00Curiosity...why is it in ruins now? What happened...Curiosity...why is it in ruins now? What happened to it over the years?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com