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Big Well
315 S. SycamoreGreensburg Kiowa County Kansas 67054
Big Well visitor center. Well entrance is the gray structure under the portico. Visitor center destroyed by tornado on 4 May 2007.
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The Greensburg Well is water well that was designed to provide water for the Santa Fe and Rock Island railroads. It is billed as the world's largest hand-dug well, at 109 feet deep and 32 feet in diameter.
Current Rating: 3.75 by 4 voters.
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- The well had a visitor's center detailing the history of the well's construction. On May 4, 2007, a tornado hit Greensburg, destroying the center.
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