Images database -
Browsing Subjects - 'Rock of Ages'
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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 |
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D10377 |
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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 ; |
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D422078 |
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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 ; |
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D422798 |
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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 |
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D11108 |
Scan from book |
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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 |
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D11750 |
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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 |
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D525674 |
Colour postcard |
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D525674A |
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Title | Rock of Ages, American Falls, Niagara Falls |
Notes
| Scanned from the book "Souvenir View Book of Niagara Falls"
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Date
| 1900. |
Collection
| Casino Niagara Cares Regional Heritage Collection |
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D10354I |
Scan from book |
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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 |
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D503619 |
Colour postcard |
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