A 300 watt tubular halogen bulb operated at full power quickly reaches a temperature of about 540 Â°C (1,004 Â°F), while a 500 watt regular incandescent bulb operates at only 180 Â°C (356 Â°F) and a 75 watt regular incandescent at only 130 Â°C (266 Â°F).
Parke County is home to 31 covered bridges. The covered bridge festival, Indiana's largest festival, always starts on the 2nd Friday in October is nationally known as one of the largest. Around Town.
Lancaster Bridge, Carroll County's other remaining covered bridge, is also in the southern part of the county near Owasco. Indiana's oldest continually used bridge, the 1837 Burnett's Creek Stone Archâa cut stone structure is near Lockport.