Luna Island and American Falls, Niagara
Collection: Landscapes
Title
Luna Island and American Falls, Niagara
Subject
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Description
On verso:
No. 272. LUNA ISLAND AND AMERICAN FALLS, NIAGARA.
The narrow channel which divides Luna from Goat Island forms the roof of the Cave of the Winds, which of all the accessible spots in the world, is the most remarkable, because it shows us what water does and how it appears when it falls in great volume. Niagara is more than a spectacle; it is a wonderful illustration of the evolution and operation of forces that have been working since the world’s day’s dawn. Geologically, Niagara .is young. It had no existence when Lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron poured their waters out to the north. It was thousands of years after the glacial period that Niagara began to carve out the gorge to be seen today. As careful measurements, made during the past sixty years show, the brinks of the falls retrocede about 500 feet in a century. Therefore, the carving out of the gorge must have taken 10,000 years. The total width of the gorge at the falls is 5,370 feet, the Canadian Fall measuring about 3,060 feet and the American 1,060 feet. The water falls 160 feet to the boiling surface below and descends more than 200 feet further, leaving the surface almost undisturbed.
A8523
Creator
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1890-1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
272
Citation
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), “Luna Island and American Falls, Niagara,” Digital Canton, accessed April 23, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/574.
Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches
Title
Luna Island and American Falls, Niagara
Subject
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Description
On verso:
No. 272. LUNA ISLAND AND AMERICAN FALLS, NIAGARA.
The narrow channel which divides Luna from Goat Island forms the roof of the Cave of the Winds, which of all the accessible spots in the world, is the most remarkable, because it shows us what water does and how it appears when it falls in great volume. Niagara is more than a spectacle; it is a wonderful illustration of the evolution and operation of forces that have been working since the world’s day’s dawn. Geologically, Niagara .is young. It had no existence when Lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron poured their waters out to the north. It was thousands of years after the glacial period that Niagara began to carve out the gorge to be seen today. As careful measurements, made during the past sixty years show, the brinks of the falls retrocede about 500 feet in a century. Therefore, the carving out of the gorge must have taken 10,000 years. The total width of the gorge at the falls is 5,370 feet, the Canadian Fall measuring about 3,060 feet and the American 1,060 feet. The water falls 160 feet to the boiling surface below and descends more than 200 feet further, leaving the surface almost undisturbed.
A8523
Creator
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1890-1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
272
Citation
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), “Luna Island and American Falls, Niagara,” Digital Canton, accessed April 23, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/574.Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches