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Identifier: yosemitealaskaye01wile (find matches)
Title: The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Wiley, William Halsted, 1842-1925 Wiley, Sara King, 1871-1909
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Publisher: London, Offices of "Engineering" New York, J. Wiley & sons
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miles of canals of secondary size. The extent of the distributing territoiy isabout 40,000 square miles, and the entire system has cost from 10,000,000dols. to 12,000,000 dols. The total area supplied is 2,200,000 acres, andthe arable land is 20,000,000 acres. In one case a flume crosses BijouCreek at a height of 30 ft. and is 2700 ft. long. These considerationsshow what the enterprise of Colorado is, and how alive the people are tothe needs of their land. The Society was delighted with its investigations,and prepared to enjoy the next days trip, which was of a grand andimposing character, being a ride to Georgetown through the beautifulClear Creek Canon. Descriptions fail to present this ride adequately, and reliance must beprincipally placed on the engravings accompanying this notice to convey toour readers what we saw. The maximum grade is 211 ft. to the mile, andthe shortest radius is 478 ft. The first view is of Inspiration point, and is
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Fig. 24. High Line Canal, Platte Canon. 32 The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yelloivstone. sufficiently inspiring to tempt any one to take the ride. It may be remarkedhere that the progress of civilisation has changed the waters of Clear Creekfrom their original colour. The creek is of a muddy yellow, due to the dirtwashed in from the tailings at the upper end, but it rushes alongside thetrack with great force, and frequently leaps over a rock with a roaringsound at once melodious and startling. The engraving, Fig. 26, shows another sinuosity of a narrow gaugerailway, and the engine plunged around this curve as though it was tho-roughly used to it and really liked the fun.

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