Curious Louisville: What Is On Shippingport Island?

Update: 2018-11-09

Description

In the middle of the Ohio River, visible from I-65 and Louisville’s Portland neighborhood, is a tiny island called “Shippingport.”

You can drive to the base of the island, but you’ll be met with an array of “no trespassing” signs and wire gates.

And Curious Louisville listener Ruby Fields wanted to know what was behind them.

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