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Gateway Arch
Soaring 192-metre stainless steel catenary arch on the St Louis riverfront, the tallest man-made monument in the United States.
13 km · about 25 min drive
Missouri, United States · North America
Bellefontaine Neighbors is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Jennings, 17km from Cahokia Mounds.
Bellefontaine Neighbors is a town located in Missouri, United States. With a population of 10,798, it is an important destination in North America.
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Cementland is an incomplete public art exhibit on the 54-acre site of a former cement factory just north of St. Louis, Missouri. The brainchild of sculptor Bob Cassilly, who also created St. Louis' City Museum, it contains giant concrete sculptures and obsolete machinery, and was planned to have navigable waterways,Read more
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Much of the landscaping is built on dirt dumped by local construction companies, who used the land as a dump before Cassilly purchased it and who paid him for the privilege. Cassily was funding the construction of Cementland himself; the free material and income from the dumping helps underwrite what he said would "otherwise be an unaffordable project."
The site, outside the city boundaries in the village of Riverview, provides a view of the Gateway Arch. “In the afternoon, when the sun shines on the city, you get this nice reflection. You don’t see all the trash and stuff. It’s the best view of the city,” Cassilly said.
On September 26, 2011, Cassilly was killed at the Cementland site, and it was initially reported that he died when the bulldozer he was driving flipped down a hill. However, in October 2016, medical expert Dr. Arthur Combs concluded that "Almost every rib on both sides of Cassilly's body were broken... Which could not have come from a bulldozer accident." Despite this conclusion, St. Louis Medical Examiner, Michael Graham, said "We will stick with our original findings. We feel this was an accident".
The Cassilly family said that they had hopes to continue construction on the project, but in 2022 they sold the site at auction for $785,000. St. Louis photographer Richard Sprengeler has extensively photographed the site as part of a 2022 series.
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Bellefontaine Neighbors is located in Missouri, United States, North America. The coordinates are 38.7403 latitude, -90.2265 longitude.
Bellefontaine Neighbors has a population of approximately 10,798 people, making it a town in United States.
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Soaring 192-metre stainless steel catenary arch on the St Louis riverfront, the tallest man-made monument in the United States.
13 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
The largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico, featuring massive earthen mounds including 30-meter-tall Monks Mound, center of a Mississippian civilization metropolis.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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