Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0424Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of rushing waters in front of a bridge and a distant mountainous shore. Above the image "93" is printed, below the image "V23283 - Wild Waters of the Great Lakes urrying Seaward. Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydney, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V23283
WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS, NIAGARA
Lat. 43 (Degrees) N.; Long. 79 (Degrees) W.
Becuase of their remarkable scenic beauty, Niagara Falls are visited every year by many thousands of tourists. The Niagara River flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, a distance of thirty-three miles. Fro about twenty miles from Buffalo tot he Falls it is a raging torrent, the little rapids culminating at least in the majestic cataract where the water rushes one hundred and sixty feet to the rocks below.
For some distance below the falls, the river flows in a smooth current between rocks, three hundred feet in height. About in the middle of the gorge the channel makes an abrupt turn to the left. The rushing of the waters has worn out a large circular basin known as the famous whirlpool just above which, are the whirlpool rapids shown in this picture. Right at this spot the river is about thre hundred feet wide and almost as deep. Ths rushing and foaming of the waters as they dash over their rocky bed is as wonderful to many as the falls themselves. They are dark green mingled with white foam. Geologists say that ages ago the falls were below this point, and as they gradually wore away the rocks over which they flowed, this gorge was left as a trail of their passing. The same process is still going on and measurements show that te Horseshoe Falls are now approaching Lake Erie at the rate of five feet every year.
A ride along the bank of this gorge is magnificent. The leaping and dashing of the waters gradually ceases after passing the whirlpool. The channel broadens and at Lewistown, seven miles below, fishing boats are out on what seems the most placid stream.
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