0392a_Caves_Frozen_Niagara_WPA_Scan_1939_1941_RG2920J

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In Folder: Division of Community Service- Writers' Project, Photos Caves - Mammoth Onyx Items (0338-0399), 1937-1940

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0392a_Caves_Frozen_Niagara_WPA_Scan_1939_1941_RG2920J

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title: "A Section of Frozen: Niagara In Mammoth Cave," Photo 0392, undated

creator: United States. Division of Community Service- Writers' Project

contributor: United States. Works Project Administration in Kentucky

date: 1939-1941

description: "A Section of Frozen: Niagara In Mammoth Cave," Photo 0392, undated- scannedBlack and white photograph that shows a rock formation that appears to be a frozen waterfall. A note attached to the photograph reads "A Section of Frozen Niagara in Mammoth Cave. A great stone falls, 50 feet wide and 75 feet high, was discovered in 1923. It is estimated that it took one hundred years to form a single cubic inch of the wall of cave onyx. At that rate, Frozen Niagara may be several million years old. a natural gateway leading off from the right descends underneath and behind the falls into the Drapery Room. Here the entire ceiling is a succession of folds like a massive curtain gathered in a great circle. The vast room which houses Frozen niagara is draped with curtains, many of which resemble Kentucky tobacco leaves suspended from the ceiling."

subject: Mammoth Cave (Ky.)

subject: Caves--Kentucky

subject: Photography of caves

subject: Photographs

type: Image

identifier: Cav0392_M0047-A1992-464-RG2920J

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