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. It is billed as the world's largest hand-dug well, at 109 feet deep and 32 feet in diameter. 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).

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  • 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. It is billed as the world's largest hand-dug well, at 109 feet deep and 32 feet in diameter. 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). It was designated a National Museum in 1972; in 1973 it was awarded an American Water Landmark by the American Water Works Association. Under the name of "Greensburg Well," it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1972. Visitors entered the well for a small fee, descending an illuminated stairway to the bottom of the well.
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  • 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. It is billed as the world's largest hand-dug well, at 109 feet deep and 32 feet in diameter. 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).
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