Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 44, DeMotte, Jasper County, 16 March 1933 — Little Left of Great City [ARTICLE]

Little Left of Great City

The traveler today sees very little at the site of Carthage, which was destroyed in 146 B. C. “For centuries after its final destruction,” says Prof. Harry Peck, “Carthage was a quarry for both the Africans and the merchants of Europe. . . Recent times have also added to the work of devastation, since the marble blocks of the ancient walls have been within the past few years in part destroyed by the operation of the Tunisian railway. The aqueduct, over 50 miles in length, is the only remnant of the greatness of the city’s past that still preserves a real impressiveness.”