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The Barrel is an oversized public-art installation at the intersection of Fourth and Main Streets, marking the center of Louisville's Bourbon District. Built from five rings of Corten steel and black powder-coated aluminum, it stands nearly nine times the size of a typical 53-gallon bourbon barrel. Official Louisville tourism material groups it with the city's other giant Main Street landmarks -- the Louisville Slugger bat and the 21c Museum Hotel's David replica -- as a signature downtown photo-op representing the city's bourbon heritage.
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The Barrel (4th and Main)
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Site-level location · 38.2568° N, 85.7590° W
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An oversized bourbon-barrel sculpture, about nine times the size of a real 53-gallon barrel, at a downtown Louisville street corner.
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Intersection of Fourth and Main Streets, Louisville, Kentucky, in the Bourbon District.
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