Greensburg, Kansas - The Big Well & the Meteorite

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Address:
315 South Sycamore, Greensburg, KS [Show Map]
Hours:
CLOSED - Tornado Destruction, May 4, 2007 (Call to verify)
Phone:
800-207-7369
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Greensburg, Kansas - The Big Well & the Meteorite
World's Largest Hand Dug Well and Pallasite Meteorite -- two unrelated attractions under the same roof. Attraction and most of town was flattened by a mile-wide tornado in May 2007. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

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The Big Well, looking up from the bottom. Greensburg, Kansas - The Big Well

We really enjoyed our visit to the World's Largest Hand Dug Well last summer. Pleasantly cheesy.

However, as is widely known, Greensburg KS was almost totally demolished in May. A number of aerial pictures taken by rescue workers confirmed that the water tower by the well was demolished by the storm, as was the museum by the well. However, one of those aerial pictures also show that the cover of the Well itself was relatively undamaged, and the meteorite was apparently recovered during the rescue efforts. [Pat OConnell, 06/13/2007]

Greensburg, Kansas - Meteorite Gone; Big Well Buried
A mile-wide tornado destroyed the town of Greensburg, Kansas, on May 4, 2007. The latest report is that at least nine people died and 75% of the town was flattened.... [05/06/2007] Complete News Story

Greensburg, Kansas - World's Largest Hand Dug Well

World's largest hand dug well and meteorite museum in Greenburg, KS is worthy of a coffee cup trinket momento. [Kent MacCarter, 01/03/1997]

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