| The World's greatest and second highest monument, Put-in-bay, Ohio. Erected by the United States and the States of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin. New Your, Rhode Island, Kentucky and Massachusetts, commemorating Perry's Victory, September 10, 1813, a century of peace between English speaking peoples and dedicated to a lasting international peace by arbitration and disarmament. Height, 352 ft; diameter at base, 45 ft; construction, granite; night floodlight illumination, visible 40 miles at sea. Elevator to the top Cost in excess of $1,000,000. |
