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Images database - Browsing Subjects - 'Rock of Ages' (19 found) Mark  1. Title  American Falls and Rock of Ages - Niagara U.S.A. Description  image no.(11)-5405 Notes  Contained in boxed set with book Niagara Through The Stereoscope, published by Underwood & Underwood circa 1900 Date  1903. Collection  Casino Niagara Cares Regional Heritage Collection Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D10377  Stereographic image      2. Title  Cave of the Winds & Bridal Veil Falls, Niagara Falls Type  Still Image Collection  Postcard Collection Notes  Rock of Ages and American Falls from below Niagara Falls. Centre Fall issues from between Luna and Goat Island shown in the photograph. At the shore foot under the fall is a place called Cave of the Winds, formed by thirty feet of projecting limestone that had resisted the action of the corroding waters while the shady substratum directly under the ledge has been eaten away. The so-called cave is one hundred feet in height and sixty feet in depth and can be reached by a perpendicular winding stairway from Goat Island. The cave derives it name from the constant pressure of the atmosphere caused by the reflex of the falling water resembles a storm of great violence ; Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D422078  Colour postcard      3. Title  Greetings from Niagara Falls - Rock of Ages and Cave of Winds Niagara Falls Type  Still Image Collection  Postcard Collection Notes  Reverse reads Rock of Ages and American Falls from below Niagara Falls. Centre Fall issues between Luna and Goat shore foot. Under the falls is a place called Cave of the Winds, formed by thirty feet of projecting limestone that has resisted the action of the corroding waters while the shady substratum directly under the ledge has been eaten away. The so-called cave is one hundred feet in height and sixty feet in depth and can be reached by a perpendicular winding stairway from Goat Island. The cave derives its name from the constant pressure of the atmosphere caused by the reflex of the falling water which resembles a storm of great violence ; Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D422798  Colour postcard      4. Title  Niagara Falls - American Falls and the Rock of Ages Description  B&W photograph Collection  Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D12555  Photograph      5. Title  Niagara Falls America's scenic wonders, Rock of Ages and American Falls from below Description  Color scan from book Niagara Falls America's scenic wonders, publisher and date of publication unknown Notes  The views in this book have been carefully selected and are reproduced from actual photographs showing the Falls as seen from the various points that are accessible to visitors. They picture in natural colors all the noteworthy and attractive scenes in and around this unmatchable scenic wonder Collection  Casino Niagara Cares Regional Heritage Collection Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D11108  Scan from book      6. Title  Niagara Glen - Lower Niagara River & Rock of Ages Collection  General Photograph Collection Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D416618  Photograph      7. Title  The "Rock of Ages" Creator  Bailey, George Notes  Used in the book Our Romantic Niagara by Albert H. Tiplin. This flower-pot shaped piece of limestone dropped into the gorge on the U.S. side long ago, landing, oddly, in an almost perfectly perpendicular position ; Date  November, 1987. Collection  Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D11750  Photograph      8. Title  Rock of Ages and American Falls by Illumination, Niagara Falls Type  Still Image Collection  General Photograph Collection Notes  Coloured sketch of the Rock of Ages and American Falls illuminated at night. Front of postcard says : Greetings from Niagara Falls Date  Circa 1950s/1960s Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D525674  Colour postcard      D525674A  Colour postcard      9. Title  Rock of Ages, American Falls, Niagara Falls Notes  Scanned from the book "Souvenir View Book of Niagara Falls" Date  1900. Collection  Casino Niagara Cares Regional Heritage Collection Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D10354I  Scan from book      10. Title  Rock of Ages and American Falls Postcard Creator  Unknown Type  Still Image Collection  Postcard Collection Notes  View of the Rock of Ages and the American Falls Date  Unknown Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D503619  Colour postcard

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