Sujet

'Natural Tunnel', 1872. Creator: William Ludwell Sheppard.

Légende

'Natural Tunnel', 1872. View of the Natural Tunnel, a cave that is so large it is used as a railroad tunnel, Appalachian Mountains, Scott County, Virginia, USA. 'Stock Creek, a tributary of the Clinch,...has forced or found a passage through the ridge which stretches athwart the narrow, deep valley...It is said that the projected road [the Cumberland-Gap Railroad] must pass through this tunnel, there being no other practicable route'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]

Date

1872

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F28_291

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,8Mo (5,4Mo) / 33,0cm x 47,8cm / 3893 x 5642 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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