The train on the front of this post card is traveling on what is called the "Pan Bowl". There is a spot on the North Fork of the Kentucky River near Jackson, Kentucky where the river made a very large "Oxbow". (An oxbow is a u-shaped bend in the course of a river.) You can see the same river (North Fork of the Kentucky River) on each side of the locomotive in this picture. For the water to travel from one side of the locomotive to the other, it will have to travel a loop that is 7 miles long. I guess that the people living in the area call this a "Pan Bowl" rather than an oxbow. This scene does not exist like this any more.
The river's course was shortened by that 7 mile loop when the state built State Highway Number 15 (on the map it is called Park Road). They dammed the river and formed a lake that they appropriately called "Panbowl Lake". It is advertised as a beautiful lake with lots of game fishing because of its depth. All this happens near Jackson, Kentucky. Here is a map to show where it is in relation to Jackson. But, you can also see the oxbow that was dammed to form the lake.
The post card was published by the Kyle Company (1915 - 1920) out of Louisville, Kentucky. It was printed by Curt Otto Teich's company.
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