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has gloss | eng: The Big Well, in Greensburg, Kansas, USA, is a water well that was designed to provide water for the Santa Fe and Rock Island railroads. It was built in 1887 at a cost of $45,000, and served as the municipal water supply until 1932. Only the Pozzo di S. Patrizio (St. Patrick's Well) built in 1527 in Orvieto, Italy, is larger, measuring 61 meters deep (200 feet) by 13 meters wide (42 feet). |
lexicalization | eng: Big Well |
instance of | (noun) a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine well |
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geo loc | geographic location 37.6034 -99.2945 |
media:img | Bigwell1.jpg |
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